Study on Quranist, Quran alone, Quranites ect.

[Jonas_dk]

Salam Alaikum everybody and thank you for your time.

My Name is Jonas. I'm 26 old and I'm studing politics, history and religion of the Middle East at the university in Copenhagen.
This semester i've chosen a course called "Lived Islam" which is a course about different types of Islam. I've long been lurking on your great page here and wanted to make my exam assignment on the Quranist ( to put it under one name).
I've read the books by Rashid Khalifa, Edip Yuksel, Kassim Ahmad ect and now I wanted to hear from the believers if you would be so kind answering some short questions about yourself it would be greatly appreciated.

Here we go :

Male/ Female:

Age:

Nationality:

Parents background ( if different from nationality) :

Born as a Muslim? ( in a muslim family):

Level of education:

Are you from a city or from the country?:

How did you first come to learn about Quranism ( for a lack of a better word) ?

And at what age?:

Do you personaly know fellow Quranist or are you alone with your view in your social network?

Do you primarily reject Hadith on the basis of authority or authenticity?

Thank you for your time..

[Kaiokenred]

Male/ Female: Male

Age:13

Nationality:Albanian

Parents background ( if different from nationality) :

Born as a Muslim? ( in a muslim family): Yep

Level of education:  Im 13, cant have a level yet

Are you from a city or from the country?: Citu

How did you first come to learn about Quranism ( for a lack of a better word) ? Google.

And at what age?: 13

Do you personaly know fellow Quranist or are you alone with your view in your social network? I know some

Do you primarily reject Hadith on the basis of authority or authenticity? Both, i don't believe Muhammad said them and Quran is complete.

[Jonas_dk]

Thanks a lot Kaiokenred for getting this thread startet. Impressive that you in the age of only 13 has made your own
decision on such an important topic..

[willreadit]

I hope you do well in your studies Jonas_dk.   Will you share your findings with us after a time?   


Male/ Female: female

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Parents background ( if different from nationality) : both American

Born as a Muslim? ( in a muslim family): no

Are you from a city or from the country?: city

How did you first come to learn about Quranism ( for a lack of a better word) ?  studying online

And at what age?: 48

Do you personaly know fellow Quranist or are you alone with your view in your social network?  alone

Do you primarily reject Hadith on the basis of authority or authenticity?  authenticity

[Jinn]

Peace,

Male/ Female: Male

Age: 24

Nationality: American

Parents background ( if different from nationality) : American

Born as a Muslim? ( in a muslim family): No

Level of education: In College

Are you from a city or from the country?: Suburbs

How did you first come to learn about Quranism ( for a lack of a better word) ?: I learned about the official movement recently, but I've always doubted traditional Islam.

And at what age?: I took my Shahadah at 17, but learned about the official movement when I was 24.

Do you personaly know fellow Quranist or are you alone with your view in your social network?: I have yet to meet one face to face.

Do you primarily reject Hadith on the basis of authority or authenticity?: Authenticity at first, then Authority.  I first started to doubt the authenticity when I learned that most every sect followed different Hadiths yet all had the same Qur'an, which meant that the only thing that separated the sects was the Hadith.  More recently I've done my own studies on the authenticity of the Hadith.  The results haven't surprised me.

[Ozi Kristi-lee]

Male/Female:Female

Age:21

Nationality:Australian

Parents background:Australian

Born as a Muslim:No

Level of Education:Tertiary Preparation (year 11 and 12)

Are you from the city or country: city, but grew up in a country town

How did you first learn about Quranism?:When I converted I only read the Quran. Then i found out about hadith so i read into them. I saw they clearly contradict the Quran, and that the Quran never speaks of them. So i researched abit on the internet to see if I was the only Muslim who felt this way, then I found this site and many others.

And at what age:I converted to Islam when I was nearly 20, then followed Quran only about 3months after.

Do you personally know fellow Quranists or are you alone with your view in your social network?:No i do not personally know any, most Muslims I know are Sunni or Shia. Some Muslims I tell say that I am not a Muslim. So this and a few other sites are really where I can express myself.

Do you primarily reject Hadith on the basis of authority or authenticity?:Both. The Quran is the only authority for me and the contents in the hadith show they are not authentic.

[sonnie]

How did you first come to learn about Quranism ( for a lack of a better word) ?

I'm sorry, but the words "Quranism/Quranists" are a pet-peeve of mine... Please do not use this word to classify people who believe in God alone. We are simply Muslims who follow only the Qur'an. We are not sunnists/shites/quranist or any other man made word which implies or has defined boundaries.
6:159 Those who have divided their system and become sects, you are not with them in anything. Their matter will be with God, then He will inform them of what they had done.

sorry...had to get that of my chest...end of rant.....
Salaam

[Edip Yuksel]

Salam Alaikum everybody and thank you for your time.

My Name is Jonas. I'm 26 old and I'm studing politics, history and religion of the Middle East at the university in Copenhagen.
This semester i've chosen a course called "Lived Islam" which is a course about different types of Islam. I've long been lurking on your great page here and wanted to make my exam assignment on the Quranist ( to put it under one name).
I've read the books by Rashid Khalifa, Edip Yuksel, Kassim Ahmad ect and now I wanted to hear from the believers if you would be so kind answering some short questions about yourself it would be greatly appreciated.

Dear Jonas,

I am interested in the results of your research. I will share this with some of my contacts and try to direct them here so that they post their answers. It would be interesting if you could also include a question about their political position on the so-called "war on terror". Or listing their list for top 5 problems facing the world and top 5 positive global events/developments or something like that. Perhaps, a question about how to promote the message of the Quran to masses might also elicit some creative and inspiring ideas.

As for the word Quranist, what about including a few alternatives too in your final introduction of this research, such as, non-sectarian Muslims, Rational Monotheists, Muslim Reformists, Peacemakers etc, since most of us do not call ourselves Quranists; it is a label generally used to depict us by our opponents.

PS: You should also note the works of Layth al-Shaiban (Saudi Arabia), Prof. Caner Taslaman (Turkey), Dr. Abdur Rab (Bengladesh-USA), Prof. Aisha Musa (USA), Dr. Ahmad Mansour (Egypt-USA), Arnold Mol (Holland), Dr. Shabbir (Pakistan-USA), Dr. Asghar Engineer (India), Prof. Ali Fazely (Iran-USA), Wakas, Ayman, and few others.

You may post this at 19.org/forum site too.

Peace,
Edip

[whowatchesnadia]

Male/ Female: Female

Age: 15

Nationality: American

Parents background ( if different from nationality) : My mother is a Jamaican Brit.

Born as a Muslim? ( in a muslim family): Parents converted before I was born, so yes.

Level of education: I'm in the 9th grade.

Are you from a city or from the country?: City.

How did you first come to learn about Quranism ( for a lack of a better word) ? While I was trying to understand all the traditionalism I was learning in Saudi Arabia, and I stumbled upon this site.

And at what age?: I was either 14 or 15.

Do you personaly know fellow Quranist or are you alone with your view in your social network? Well I have my family, but I do not know any one that follows Quran Alone.

Do you primarily reject Hadith on the basis of authority or authenticity? I'd say both, but for me the authority is why I reject it the most.

[Jack]

I'm sorry, but the words "Quranism/Quranists" are a pet-peeve of mine... Please do not use this word to classify people who believe in God alone. We are simply Muslims who follow only the Qur'an. We are not sunnists/shites/quranist or any other man made word which implies or has defined boundaries.
6:159 Those who have divided their system and become sects, you are not with them in anything. Their matter will be with God, then He will inform them of what they had done.

sorry...had to get that of my chest...end of rant.....
Salaam

"quranist" is a common, descriptive noun. It is not a title/sect/a proper noun (and neither is muslim, but I digress) . There is no defined quranist ideology. Sects have very specific guidelines, you'll be hard pressed to find two 'quranists' who agree on the basic issues, and that's the beauty of it. Individuality. Choice. Discussion. 

These other sects you speak of refer to themselves as Muslim as well. Unity for unity's sake is not logical. Does the Quran say its okay to align ourselves with people who are not in harmony? People who would declare you apostates? Suggesting 'quranism' is a sect is building a straw man argument. No quranist I know of refers to themselves as a part of some imaginary sect. 

Anyways, this is off-topic, so If you want to discuss this further, create a new thread.


Peace