The Quran commands Muslims to seek knowledge and truth. At Muslims for Progressive Values we work towards increasing knowledge on Islam and human rights by encouraging a rigorous understanding of the Quran as well as other holy scriptures, scientific discovery and philosophy.

PROGRESSIVE SCHOLARS

  • Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim
  • Adis Duderija
  • Amanullah De Sondy
  • Amina Wudud
  • Aysha Hidayatullah
  • Fatima Mernissi
  • Fazlur Rahman 
  • Karen Armstrong
  • Kecia Ali
  • Khaled Abu El-Fadl
  • Muhammad Shahrour
  • Nasr Abu Zayd
  • Omid Safi
  • Reza Aslan
  • Sari Nusseibah
  • Scott Kugle
  • Usama Hassan
  • Ziauddin Sardar

BOOKS

Note: These are recommended reads by MPV, however the views expressed by the selected authors do not necessarily reflect the views of MPV.

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QURAN

GENERAL ISLAM

ISLAM AND POLITICS

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PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) 

Women in islam

FICTION AND POETRY

 

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VIDEOS

Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd "The other as a mirror of selfunderstanding"

According to the Qur'an God created human beings in nations, tribes, with different colors and different languages in order to know each other -- human beings know themselves by communicating and understanding the Other.

Asma Barlas (on Islamic Feminism) and Nasr Abu Zayd (on Muslim identity)

Abdul An-Naim (on Fatwa's) Amna Nusayr and Reza Aslan

 Ömer Özsoy (in German) and Anouar Majid (in English)