When I first became a Quranist about fifteen years ago, I had the sure notion that the minute I told fellow Muslims of this, they would run to re-embrace the Quran. Of course they didn’t and it wasn’t just my inadequate propagation methods either. I later learnt (through the experience of Tolu-Islam) that Muslims tend to give the opposite response – they get really hostile!
Why is this the case? Perhaps it is due to perception. Muslims tend to view Quranist Muslims as one of the following:
1. Agents of the Infidels (most especially Jewish Agents).
2 Rejectors of the Prophet
3. Secret Atheists
4. Secret Rejectors of Islam
5. Admirers of the West
You get the idea..
Am I any one of those things? Of course not! I am a Quranist not because it is expedient to do so! In Traditional Islam, it is enough for us to do the five pillars to achieve salvation.
