Liberal Writer Mansour Al-Hadj Proposes Founding An Independent Islamic Organization To Address Root Causes Of Violent Extremism, Promote Peaceful Aspects Of Islam | MEMRI

In an article published July 13, 2015 on the reformist website Aafaq,[1] Saudi-born liberal journalist and writer Mansour Al-Hadj argues that simply proclaiming that Islam is unrelated to the violence that is carried out in its name is not a productive way of discrediting extremists and supporting the mainstream, peaceful Islam. In the article, titled „Our Chance to Restore Our Islam, The Religion Of Peace,“ he proposes that Muslims who reject violence and support peace create an independent Islamic organization representing all branches of Islam to revise Islamic traditional texts, address the root causes of terrorism, and spread Islam’s peaceful values. This organization would be vitally important, because it would represent the diversity of the global Muslim community and would provide an alternative to regime-sponsored interpretations of Islam.