There was a very good episode of Hard Talk on BBC radio 4 early this morning, Friday 17th August, and it was focused on Dr. Taj Hargey. He is a Muslim who wants to bring the faith into the 21st Century and shed the old man made ideologies which have been added to the pure faith over the centuries. He refuses to call himself an Imam because of the negative connotations connected to it and would rather be called a scholar of Islam. There is no place for Sharia, Wahhabiism etc and regards the Burka as tribal rags. In my opinion he is really spot on with many things that he has to say. The interviewer was really challenging him on the things that he said which was really followed by a heart felt worked up response and it was almost difficult to discern if the interviewer was just playing devils advocate or whether he was really defending the status quo which was really disheartening.
The video of Taj Hargey on Hard Talk was a gem to find because there are no other videos of him that are available and it was only with persistence that this one was found of the actual interview mentioned above.
This topic would normally be posted in the Religious Blog but it has become an issue of political contention.
BBC HARDtalk 16/08/2018 Taj Hargey
Esoteric and sofi Islam are near to Christianity. They have respect for the essence of the OT and NT. They know Islam as the religion of peace rather than belligerence.