Islam & Secularism- Foreword

For every skeptical mindful Muslim, who rejects to swallow hard grains, him who rejects subordination to what is settled only because it is settled, or to what is common based on its commonality. Therefore, he can rest assured about the logical coherence of his faith, which among all Abrahamic ones, as we know them today, shows least superstitions and as is hypothesis.

For every truth-seeker, who ever wanted to know the source, wherefrom seeds of violence, retardation, discrimination and anti-feminism all came to Muslims societies. Therefore, he might understand the problem was not Islam, but Muslims; those who have been manipulated by many internal and some external powers throughout history, only to drift from their mainstream modesty, to the narrow mischievous understanding of fanaticism.

For every Muslim, who lives in a secular state, and feels torn apart between the force of his faith teachings from one side, and the momentum of his society from the other. Therefore, he can have his internal peace settlement, knowing secularism do support Islamic philosophy and approach to life, as much as Islam in its pure form, supported and esteemed logical thinking.

For every woman who felt an itch one day, as she listens to a Muslim priest, while he degrades woman, and claims his speech to be the words of Apostle of God. Therefore, she can be sure that God had honored her and granted her equality, before the patriarchal societies robe it back. Moreover, to know Apostle of God had never taught about her but honorable words.

For every American, who wondered after the concussion of September 11, how the friend state of Saudi Arabia happened to breed most of the attackers? Therefore, he can understand, how 11th of September was an essential harvest of supporting a sect like Wahabism, only because CIA agents thought its wild Jihadism understanding can be employed as an indispensable asset against communism in Asia.

Furthermore, atomically for whoever honors factuality, and has the wisdom and courage to believe it once uncloaked before him, even if it was against his prejudicial assumptions and thrusts. Therefore, he might find some of what he seeks.

For them all, I transcribed the lineage of years of unflagging research and interpretations, formulating it all in the book between your hands. Hoping to add a minor stone in the human prosperity temple, a thankful prayer to God the Almighty for blessing humankind with minds, and a little candle in the darkness prevailed the Islamic world under Wahabism and Salafism streams.