> I'm calling for people who call themselves moderates or progressives to formally recognize their progressiveness by explicitly altering their holy text.
If their understanding of the meaning of their religion and its text is already moderate or progressive, why should they modify it (especially when part of their understanding is that it cannot be modified?)
The Christian Bible has some things in it that support shockingly regressive interpretations, and which some Christians apply in exactly that manner. There isn't pressure on moderate or progressive Christians to change the text of the Bible in response to that. Why should it be different for Muslims?
If their understanding of the meaning of their religion and its text is already moderate or progressive, why should they modify it (especially when part of their understanding is that it cannot be modified?)
The Christian Bible has some things in it that support shockingly regressive interpretations, and which some Christians apply in exactly that manner. There isn't pressure on moderate or progressive Christians to change the text of the Bible in response to that. Why should it be different for Muslims?