Muslim Futures
Turkey Strives for 21st Century Form of Islam
By Ian Traynor, Feb 27, 2008

Turkey is engaged in a bold and profound attempt to rewrite the basis for Islamic sharia law while also officially reinterpreting the Qur'an for the modern age. The UK Guardian newspapers reports on how the modernising and mildly Islamic government of the Turkish prime minister seeks to establish a 21st century form of Islam, fusing Muslim beliefs and tradition with European and western philosophical methods and principles. View website © 1998-2010 by World Network of Religious Futurists.

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