There has arisen certain groups of Islamic scholars in the West who call for "a return to the Qur’an" the call is directed not at the members of the Muslim Ummah and not for a resurgence in the commitment to the Qur’an either.
Strangely, it is addressed to the Islamic scholars in general across the world to seek out a new interpretation of the Qur’an such as would make Islam, according to the call, relevant to modern times!
The call is extremely disturbing because it implies that Islam, that is, its teachings and their interpretation that have existed and been followed since the time of the Prophet (s.a.w.), can be antiquated or become irrelevant to Muslims in particular and to mankind in general in course of time.
It is no wonder therefore that the terminology such as "modernity" and "contemporary Islam" have been invented to promote a debate in the context of the call of "return to the Qur’an".
The orientalists, traditionally non Muslims, claiming authority on Islam for the gullible West have already for a century or more confused the non-Muslims by distorting and dis-informing on the teachings of Islam. They have been able, through the support of the media, to provoke and maintain a hostile stand against Islam, Muslims and Islamic values in the West.
One would wonder whether the call for a new interpretation of the Qur’an is an attempt to compromise the principles of Islam as a means of appeasement and thereby belie all that Islam stands for to the jubilation of the traditional opponents who will always be there — restless and relentless, until, according to the Qur’an, they are able to convert the Muslims to their "millat", their thinking and values. Are not some of our Islamic scholars in the West vulnerable or already submissive, be it for pecuniary or other mundane reasons?.