Ali Engineer, Asghar2019-09-252019-09-252012-01-12http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/182662"A progressive Muslim is one who is firmly grounded in the Qur’anic values of truth (haq), justice (‘adl), compassion (rahmah), wisdom (hikmah) and does service to others rather than being served by others. A progressive Muslim does not believe in sectarian Islam (sunni or shi’ah or Isma’ili or Deobandi or Barelvi or ahl-e-hadith or salafi Islam but rises above all these sects and gives importance to Qur’an above everything else. A progressive Islam not only does not adopt sectarian approach but is respectful of entire humanity and human dignity as per Qur’an (17:70). He leaves mutual differences, ideological and theological to Allah alone and does not condemn anyone who differences from him/her as kafirs as often sectarian Muslims do. It only widens differences and intensifies conflict. A progressive Muslim uses, as per Qur’an, wisdom (hikmah) and goodly words (maw’izat al- Hasanah) in discussion and leaves rest to Allah. He does not try to be judgemental."(pg 1)engWith permission of the license/copyright holderIslamic ethicsReligious ethicsCommunity ethicsSpirituality and ethicsPreprint