Recently, I found a site which promotes liberal thinking of Islam. I believe the blog is created and maintained by muslims writers as well. The problem of this liberalism movement in Islam is it is thought as against the very basic teaching of the religion itself. Some of the thinking are against the fundamental teaching as unanimously agreed among the muslims themselves.
Islam is a religion and it is not an ideology derived from a man. It is beyond what is some others claimed Islam to be. They claimed Islam as mere Muhammad (PBUH) teaching. As a religion, it is about God and the creation. It is about God and His message.
An issue raised in a site that question the validity of muslim obeying God without questioning. It refers to the sacrifice made by the the Prophet Ibrahim a.s after he received an instruction from God. The site questions the validity of muslims to obey God without questioning based of the lesson learned from the story of Prophet Ibrahim who decided to sacrifice his son Ismail, also known as a prophet himself.
As a Prophet of God, Ibrahim a.s did receive true messages from God himself. As a Prophet of God who is appointed to deliver God's message to his people, the prophet is the person who knows God more than his people. Religion itself is about the relationship of the creation and its creator. Which is based on the principe of good against evil.
Religion promotes good and prohibits evil. In order to do that, it defines what is good and what is evil. The definition of terms are derived from God's message through his prophet. This, makes the prophet a truthful person, incapable of lying. Not because of his own capability of doing so but through the power and guide given by God, the sole creator of the universe. God Who sent the prophet.
As human naturally recognises what is good and what is bad, a prophet sent down by God, has the higher capability of knowing what is good and what is bad. Since he received the message and he teaches others on what is good or bad. But what had come to Prophet Ibrahim a.s was beyond this basic understanding of what is good and what is bad. The basic teaching is to kill a human without valid reason, is evil. It is a murder. Moreover if that involves one's own son.
But here, it distinguishes between action made by human and action by God. An act by human is based on his own knowledge and capability. It is incomparable to the action of the God Himself. God has absolute knowledge and capability of taking action. Incomparable to any others of the creation itself.
