Muslim teenage bride forced to commit suicide

[Dill]

(07-16-2017, 03:32 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Maybe they should do less fighting and spend more time modernizing their crazy religon that promotes fighting.

We ought to be careful what we wish for. I would argue that the current affinity for terrorism by some Salafists has everything to do with "moderninizing" it.  

But to continue with examples of "reformist" Muslims,

The US-Based Center for Islamic Pluralism is a good place to start. Check out their "Wahabiwatch" feature. http://www.islamicpluralism.org/

Then there is the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. https://aifdemocracy.org/
AIFD is actively confronting the ideology of political Islam and openly countering the common belief that the Muslim faith is inextricably rooted to the concept of the Islamic State (Islamism). We stand firmly for universal human rights – including gender equality, freedom of conscience, and freedom of speech and expression.

Here is a link to BRITISH MUSLIMS FOR SECULAR DEMOCRACY, a group formed in response to terror attacks in the UK in 2006. http://bmsd.org.uk/

Reform isn't just occuring in Western countries. The Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan is also working for secular government and womens rights  http://www.afghanistan-djamhuriat.de/English.htm One of its members is Meena Keshwar Kamal, who founded The REvolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan back in 1977.

Almost every Middle Eastern country from Morocco to Pakistan has a Muslim liberal progressive movement. I don't really have time or room to link you to all of them. But here is one more, a link to the Muslim Reform Movement, one of the most prominent groups with international leadership https://muslimreformmovement.org/
Here is a blurb from their site. This should be concerning to right wingers as "reform" and "modernization" mean a decided left turn!

“We are opposing a very real interpretation of Islam that espouses violence, social injustice, and political Islam. We have to take back the faith. And we have to take it back with the principles of peace, social justice, and human rights, women’s rights, and secularize governance… we’ve had enough and suspect you have also!”