Therefore, al-Azhar’s announcement about the nature of Islamic rules, whether right or not, is besides the issue.
Al-Azahr’s announcement was not the only inspiring change that will hopefully set precedence for other Arab and Muslim nations to follow suit, but reading deeper into Muslim figures that were capable in spreading ethos of secularism and a critical change is important.
Muslim Mughal emperor Akbar set a great precedence for secular rule and impartiality among India’s intensively multicultural 16th century society.
While Giordano Bruno, Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer, was burnt at the stake for heresy in Rome in 1600, Akbar was debuting his reforms on religious tolerance in India