Quotes from book
The Trouble with Islam Today

Name: The Trouble with Islam Today
Author: Irshad Manji

Irshad Manji

The Trouble with Islam Today, original title The Trouble with Islam is a 2004 book critical of Islam written by Irshad Manji, styled in an open-letter addressed to concerned citizens worldwide - Muslim or not.

“Most Muslims treat the Quran as a document to imitate rather than interpret, suffocating our capacity to think for ourselves.”

Irshad Manji book The Trouble with Islam Today

Source: The Trouble with Islam Today (2005), Ch. 2: Seventy Virgins?

“I've read the scholarship that explains these verses 'in their context', and I think there's a fancy dance of evasion going on.”

Irshad Manji book The Trouble with Islam Today

Source: The Trouble with Islam Today (2005), p. 48

“Our global responsibility now is not to determine who owns what identity, but to convey to future generations what we all owe each other.”

Irshad Manji book The Trouble with Islam Today

Source: The Trouble with Islam Today (2005), p. 203

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