Kassim Ahmed
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Salam.
I am from Malaysia. His Book "Hadis Satu Penilaian Semula" or Hadith A Re-Evaluation is first publish in Malaysia in 1986. But it is quickly banned in Malaysia by the religious authority and his teaching of 'Anti-Hadith' is declared deviant from the the accepted 'Ahlul Sunnah Wal Jamaah'.
The campaign to degrade him and his Anti-Hadith teaching is a success whereas if you ask any ordinary muslim in Malaysia about him they will say that "He is astray, he is anti-hadith"
Before this he is forbidden to write in newspaper or magazine, but now the banned had ease and he is now free
to express his view, this is his blog.http//www.kassimahmad.blogspot.com/
Imagine, what will happen if his book is not banned, I'm sure a revolution in Malaysia Muslim mindset to longheld believe will happen. But the idea is so radical that the unity of Muslim in Malaysia is at stake.
Personally, I think the approach to devalue hadith is not proper here, It is better to have a campaign to buy and read the Qur'an Translation since most Malay just read the Qur'an without understanding anything.
Thanks.