{"id":7219,"date":"2010-09-12T10:22:55","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2010-09-13T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T22:32:38","slug":"muhammad-al-habash-resigns-from-all-religious-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/muhammad-al-habash-resigns-from-all-religious-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Muhammad al-Habash Resigns from all Religious Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Muhammad al-Habash has been forced to resign from all his religious activities by the Ministry of Awqaf.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Muhammad al-Habash, a public intellectual, religious authority, and member of parliament, goes many steps further than most liberal Syrian Imams in proposing a reinterpretation of teh Qur’an. He argues that Islam is not the only path to salvation, that women are the equals of men, and that holy texts must be interpreted in the light of modern day requirements.\u00a0 For example he has called for abandoning corporal punishment, such as cutting the hands off of thieves. In his view, such commands are to be merely taken as a message that theft is forbidden in Islam. He was one of three imams who spoke up in support of the government ban on the niqab. His liberal interpretations have been met with considerable opposition, as one can gather from reading this<\/a> post at “Marifah.” All4Syria has reported on this story in Arabic.<\/p>\n

It is suggest that he was forced to resign by the Minister of Awqaf because Habash’s wife, Asma’ Kaftaru, the daughter of the former Grand Mufti Kaftaru, has been critical of the minister. There are other conjectures as well.<\/p>\n

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This is from Habash’s resume: Damascus \u2013 Syria 1962<\/p>\n

Degrees Diplomas: \u00a0 Ph. D. In Islamic Law
\n* B.A. In Arabic Lit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beirut Univ.
\n* B.A. In Islamic Studies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Islamic Call College.
\n* The High License in memorizing the Holy Qur’an and mastering reading it.
\n* M.A In Islamic Studies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Univ. of Higher studies-Karachi.
\n* ph. D. In the sciences of the Quran\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Univ. of the Holy Quran-Khartoum.<\/p>\n

Jobs Positions:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Prof. at the University of Damascus
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Director of the Islamic Studies Center in Damascus
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0President of the association of Arbab Al-Sha\u2018a\u2018er (the league of scientists)
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Member of the High Council in the International Islamic University -Islamabad
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0He was elected as a Member of Syrian parliament 2003 (independent)
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0He was elected three times as an administrative committee in Syrian parliament
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0He has a daily T.V. programs on four satellite channels<\/p>\n

Paul Heck of Georgetown University has written an interesting and short article about Habash’s important role in supporting ecumenicism and tolerance in Syria.<\/p>\n

Paul Heck, \u201cMuhammad al-Habash and Inter-religious Dialogue<\/a>.\u201d (Here are a few excerpts)<\/p>\n

…..His central theological point is not simply that Islam can exist amicably alongside other religions, but that its own message is one of religious plurality.\u00a0 Remarkable for being based entirely on Islamic sources (e.g. Q 4:123-124), his argument underscores that Islam did not come to abrogate other religions but to confirm all religion as submission to the one God, Creator and Judge of all, who rewards and punishes according to good works, not religious affiliation….\u00a0Although viewed with some suspicion by local Christian leaders, al-Habash\u2019s position, meant to counter sectarian tension within Syrian society, looks to reinforce a national unity that embraces all religions and is not monopolized by any one; his inter-religious engagements thus have specific national implications….<\/p>\n

His vast scholarly erudition allows him to highlight long forgotten rulings which, even if not enjoying a preferred status (arjah), still legitimately represent Islam and speak more appropriately (aslah) to the conditions of today\u2019s world \u2013 a way for Muslims to be reconciled to contemporary life as Muslims.\u00a0 One example of this is his ideas on women in Islam, a reading of the religious heritage that does not reject but rather challenges — not without controversy — the claim that traditional Muslim attitudes towards women are the only ones recognized by Islam.\u00a0 This type of reflection has potentially important ramifications for the relation of Syrian law to international agreements: A recent treatise by al-Habash demonstrates that Muslim values do indeed conform with the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, highlighting that human rights and equality of women are not reducible to western constructions but belong to the human heritage universally……<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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