Muslim scholars and experts to unite in solving disasters faced by the muslim ummah

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 November – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad today calls upon experts of various fields such as in sciences to challenge the liberalism of the west.

According to Tun Mahathir, chairman of Kuala Lumpur Summit 2014, excessive liberalism is wrong and must be combated, however, today’s muslim of weak faith will note merely accept ‘sinful’ as an explanation.

“We respect the muslim scholars and their knowledge of the religion but additionally, we need experts in other fields to provide other inputs and reasons besides just saying that LGBT is wrong and sinful.

“We have to admit that mere fatwas by religious scholars are inadequate today,” he said.

Tun Dr Mahathir added that fatwas are needed on the many challenges facing the muslims today to guide muslims differentiate right from wrong.

However, he said, “the fatwas should be made only after a prolonged study and debate by all disciplines with due consideration given to the realities of modern life”.

Unfortunately, different interpretations on the Quran and Hadis has caused muslims to break up and there is no more unity among the ummah.

He therefore called upon muslim scholars and thinkers that had gathered for this 3-day KL Summit to be opened to examine their faults and to return back to the Quran and verified Hadith in effort to find the answers for today’s troubles and disasters that has come upon the muslim ummah.

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