Regarding the words "fundamentalist Muslim"...

[Boojatta]

Can anyone provide some examples of English translations of excerpts from the Koran that are very likely to be accepted as accurate translations by a randomly chosen "non-fundamentalist" Muslim who speaks English, but that are also very likely to be considered false or evil doctrine by a randomly chosen "non-fundamentalist" Muslim who speaks English?

If the English translations of those excerpts are open to a wide variety of different interpretations, then can anyone provide some information about how one might determine which interpretations are "fundamentalist Muslim" interpretations and which aren't?

[bluerum]

1. I laughed whe I first heard the term "secular fundamentalist". It seems

that any group that the RW wing wants to tar as shady and dangerous gets the word "fundamentalist" tagged onto it.

[Teaser]

2. fudamentalism is a Christian interpretative frame

It makes more sense to use the words muslims use for different interpretative modalities, such as Wahabbism...

[Azooz]

3. Translation of the meaning of the Arabic words

There is no translation of the Quran in any language - it's part of it's "mystery" and ensures that it can not be changed in any way. It's a very harsh book on any translators pride. Scholars of the Quran are all poets and poetry critiques with great knowledge of grammar, this is called "fiqh al-logha" - after that the theology, meaning language knowledge is a must - it makes the verses expose more meaning with each new grammar rule or poetic insight into the meaning of words.

The interpretations of the Quran are called "tafseer" - the best are over 1,000 years old and are child safe - they find it even more interesting than even the 10001 knights - you can find all of them online because they are easy to translate, and you'll find nothing bad in them - but you'll find it hard to believe that the Quran's words contain that much, because many interpretations are 30 volumes or more.