The reformists of the first wave attempted to "reopen the doors of Ijtihad (religious interpretation)" in order to adapt the inherited systems of Islamic thinking to new conditions. Today's reformists are subjecting these traditional frameworks to scrutiny and attempting to separate the core ethical principles of Islam from the various historical adaptations that conservatives have enshrined as sacred.
第一次浪潮中的改革者们企图"重开Ijtihad（宗教解释）之门"从而根据新情况改造伊斯兰思想的传承体系。现今的改革者们正仔细审查这些传统的思想架构，并试图将伊斯兰的核心伦理原则从已被保守派门奉为圣训的不同历史改写中分离出来。