Q: Edit:Many things in traditional or rather extremist Islam is backward, to mention some lets say, prohibition of Music, Alchohol, people of opposite sex interacting, wearing certain clothes in the name of "modesty", polygamy. All these doesn't make sense or valid in the modern world today what I am saying is practising a religion and being up-to-date and realistic. @HKP: What does being modern have to do with the west.Look at easterners like the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans they are modern and they are not western. Edit: Obviously extremists suggests that it is already "modern" and there is no need for modernizing but any decent Muslim who have brains would think otherwise
A: Sis, i do agree with you partly. But some of the things you mention that you think need to be modernized are controversial topics already. Like prohibition of music, the need to wear hijab, complete segregation of sexes (which was not the case in the time of our prophet and directly after his time). These are all topics you can find different opinions about. Also some Sharia like the killing of apostates or the killing of married adulterers are highly controversial and do not find any ground in the Quran. So i do agree we can at least debate over this issues and reevaluate them. Things like no alcohol, no pork, polygamy in times of war when there are a lot of women who will not be able to get married otherwise are things that are laid down in the Quran and i think all have wisdom. Will this ever happen? I do not know. I think a country like Turkey who is in the process of going through all hadith again and are looking which hadiths need to be cut is a great start. Unfortunately most fellow Muslims and other countries do not agree..... so i doubt if it is ever going to happen!