ABSTRACT
Practical examples of looking at texts from the Qur’an provide the best illustration of the issues which are at stake in talking about types of Muslim critical approach to the Qur’an, the problems which they raise and the limits to which they will go. Here is a good exercise for the reader: read the following three sections of the Qur’an1 and consider their problematic aspects within the modern context. Assume the stance of a Modernist Muslim: what do you perceive as problematic? Assume the stance of a Radical Islamist: what is your response to a Western perception of difficulties with these texts?
