“My issue is not at all about “conservative,” or “liberal” (anything)—and not even about what is “cool.” It is about whether our tribal and cultural ways (which we ‘obstinately’ cling to as “Islam”) are, indeed—wallāhi—more beloved to us than what the Messenger brought, peace be upon him! It is about having the courage and humility to admit that—scholar and “laity” alike. Only so that our own limitations and biases do not end-up constricting and suffocating people around us, and ultimately, potentially alienating them from any religiosity or virtue—only because they are so repulsed by our own harshness or imbalance.”