http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3288 <!--paging_filter--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p><strong>SHIRAZ MAHER</strong></p> <p>I have long maintained that I don't ‘do' theology. It really is not my game and, given the mess modern Islam finds itself in, there is very little to be gained from my entering the fray. Those who know me or follow my writing will know that from 2001-2005, I was a member of the radical Islamist party, Hizb ut Tahrir. I can't profess to having known much about Islamic theology then either - joining was a political move, the Militant Tendency of my day - and I don't claim to be an expert on Islamic theology today either.<p><a href="/node/3288"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3288#comments Feisal Rauf Ground Zero Mosque Harry&#039;s Place The Spittoon Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:58:49 +0100 Shiraz Maher 3288 at http://standpointmag.co.uk