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节录：取自New York Times 28/09/2017

A Proposal for Islam.

".....One of them is the Quranic verse that the JAWI officers repeatedly chided me for daring to recite: “No compulsion in religion.”

In fact, mainstream Muslim tradition, reflecting its illiberal context, never fully appreciated the freedom implied by this verse — and other ones with similar messages. “The ‘no compulsion’ verse was a problem to the earliest exegetes,” as Patricia Crone, a scholar of Islamic history, has noted. “And they reacted by interpreting it restrictively.” The verse was declared “abrogated,” or its scope was radically limited.

This is still evident in a parenthetical that is too frequently inserted into translations of the verse. “There shall be no compulsion in religion (in becoming a Muslim).” I’d known that Saudi translations added those extra words at the end. Now I have learned that the Malaysian authorities do, too. They append the extra phrase because while they agree with the Quran that no one should be forced to become a Muslim, they think that Muslims should be compelled to practice the religion — in the way that the authorities define. They also believe that if Muslims decide to abandon their religion, they must be punished for “apostasy.”

One of the officers at my Malaysian Shariah court trial proudly told me that all of this was being done to “protect religion.” But I have an important message for her (which I didn’t share at the time): By policing religion, the authorities are not really protecting it. They are only enfeebling their societies, raising hypocrites and causing many people to lose their faith in or respect for Islam.

I came to understand that while I was being held in the JAWI headquarters, listening to a loud Quranic recitation coming from the next room. I heard the Quran and for the first time in my life it sounded like the voice of an oppressor. But I did not give in to that impression. “I hear you and I trust in you, God,” I said as I prayed, “despite these bigots who act in your name.”"

Mustafa Akyol, a contributing opinion writer, is a visiting fellow at the Freedom Project at Wellesley College.

在纽约时报读过这篇文章之后，想转帖过来，事多拖了一阵。

作者是土耳其作家，应邀来大马做学术讲座，却被我国伊斯兰官方权威开罚单，在海关被逮捕，续而扣留审问。让作者蒙受巨大羞辱。

上文称我们主流的伊斯兰是如此蛮横的。也许以前很多非穆斯林觉得事不关己，现在我们不得不认真看待，因为事情很快将关系到我们的身上。拥有权力的当局认为措施是为了“保护宗教”---从历史上很多例子，我们看到这种危险的走向。以护教之名，暴力屠杀，打击异己，变成正义，堂而皇之。

让人坐立不安的忧患。这种主流思想，即使在世界他处不一定由官方采纳，至少代表大多数的同意。局外人看到局内人的愚昧，可是局内人自己不认为，旁观的人做如何是好？