
Islam’s struggle with modernity
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I Don't Like This Haddith, It's Not Reliable
In classical Islam, those who collected Haddith were known as pharmacists and those who issued edicts were known as doctors. So the problem today is that we all go to Google and look up Haddith on a question of the day. And then when you say, oh, this Haddith appears in Bukhari, there's no understanding of the categories of what's fake or not alleged to be from the prophet. For me, it's bringing back that spirit of critical thought and bringing back the spirit of a prophet that's compassionate, kind, logical, thoughtful.
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