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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima]
I guess you missed the part where I said "  Of course, not all of these interpretations are correct, acceptable, or even excusable." Just because difference of opinion exists amongst scholars doesn't mean all interpretations are valid! [/quote]

Is it up to your opinion to decide who is valid and who isn't?

[quote=Muslima]
Now instead of accusing my friend from being apologetic due to your choice of "scholars", the more pertinent question, the one returned to you  is why would you choose those "scholars" to define Islam and reject other scholars interpretations of Islam ?[/quote]

Why wouldn't I? Your friend clearly chooses some scholars to define Islam and rejects others, is she the only one allowed a choice in the matter?  You may disagree with the opinions I posted but you cannot say they aren't well researched, lacking in the chain of evidence or in the reputation of the scholar who delivered them.

[quote=Muslima]
 It has never been the Islamic way to think of scholars as being infallible.  That is different from TRUSTING a scholar, my friend presented to you opinions of scholars she TRUSTED and there's nothing wrong with that. But you on the other hand chooses to trust the opinion of whatever scholar that fits the narrative you want to portray, very telling! [/quote]

And she also chooses to trust the opinion of whatever scholar that fits the narrative she wants to portray.  You just happen to like her narrative better. There's nothing wrong with that. What's wrong is calling other people Islamophobic because they point out that other scholarly opinions, just as weighty and learned, also exist, and are in fact a better part of the consensus of which you speak.

[quote=Muslima]
Today any Tom, Dick or Harry, or rather any Ali or Hassan is able to invest a few dollars and buy a site then publish on it any personal flimsy interpretations and pass it on as Quranic enlightenment! Some scholars provide provocative and hypothetical interpretation, ostensibly to advance their own agenda. [/quote]

Abdulaziz Bin Baz, former Grand Mufti of the Saudi Arabia and Head of the Council of Senior Scholars, President of the Permanent Committee for Research and Fatawa is any Tom Dick and Harry?

Yusuf Qaradawi, Chairman of the International Union of Islamic Scholars, the star of Al-Jazeera's Shariah and Life, is any Tom, Dick and Harry?

Abdullah Bin Bayyah, member of the International Fiqh Council and the European Committee on Fatwa and Research and Mr. Yusuf's boss, is any Tom, Dick and Harry?

For real?

[quote=Muslima]
The other thing is that as Muslims we do not believe scholars are infallible. Scholars are learned and give their opinions but we Muslims should  use our God given critical thinking ability  to  either accept their opinions and practice them or reject them. [/quote]

Then why does your friend gets pissy because people don't want to accept the opinion of the scholar she personally finds the most fetching?

[quote=Muslima]
No one can say what the scholars of Qur'an  say is sacrosanct  and unchangeable. Even scholars of old realized that their opinions were not set in stone and could change with the times. Individuals are never infallible. No scholar is right all the time. That's why the weight of an opinion which has the consensus of scholars is much stronger than the weight of individual opinions. In Islam, this consensus is called (Ijmaa') and is one of the main sources of Islamic Law.[/quote]

The weight of the current Sunni consensus on any number of issues we discussed - polygamy, slavery, respect for Shariah etc. - is very far from what was presented in the thread.  And it's not Islamophobic to point that out.[/quote]

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