Can you be a "Non religious muslim"?

[Baloo]

I have met a lot of Muslims who would describe themselves as non religious, I have Muslim friends who self identify as such. When you are the type of person who frequents this type of forum iy is very easy to forget that many people simply are not that bothered about their faith unless it is a wedding or a funeral.

You have never, ever, not once, met - nor will you ever meet - a non-religious Muslim. Why? Because a Muslim is a person who adheres to the RELIGION of Islam. A person who does not adhere to this religion is NOT a Muslim.

Boru

I have met and am friends with many who self identify as such and I tend to let people identify themselves how they want. It is how Islam will die just as Christianity is dying, apathy.  I lived in a largely Muslim area of Bristol in the UK I saw the youth being just as apathetic about Islam as most christian youth are about Christianity. I even met non religious Muslims in Algeria. I am not going to argue with them about whether they can strictly speaking be a Muslim and be non religious because I think the more non religious Muslims we have in the world the better. Just being pragmatic and not pedantic.