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Scholars Seminar for a New Renaissance

Scholars Seminar for a New Renaissance

Posted by | Jan 17, 2017 |

An annual event in Kuala Lumpur: Nadwah Ulamak Nahdhah Jadidah (Scholars Seminar for a New Renaissance). February 5, 2017: I will launch there, insha Allah, a Malaysian translation of my latest book, Civil State: Towards Overcoming Tyrrany and Achieving the Objectives of the Shariah. I will speak about nation building as a way of Ummah building insha Allah. And as I always say in Malaysia: Islam is not only for one party or the other, Islamic or secular. Islam is for...

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Meeting with a group of students at The Fairfax Institute Winter School at the IIIT

Posted by | Jan 14, 2017 |

Washington, DC: I had an interesting 6 hour session on: An Introduction to Maqasid al-Shariah, with a group of excellent undergraduate students from various American universities at The Fairfax Institute Winter School at the IIIT (International Institute Of Islamic Thought). Despite the sad developments that are happening in the US politically, this new generation brought me hope in an American future that is more inclusive and less divided along lines of race and cultural prejudices. Despite the fact that about half of the trainees were non-Muslim, they shared with their Muslim colleagues the same enthusiasm for an understanding and practicing of Islam in all fields and disciplines, in a way that is faithful to Islam’s higher intents, principles and values. This picture is from the students’ end of program...

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Understanding Objectives of Shariah and its Role in Reforming Islamic Jurisprudence

Understanding Objectives of Shariah and its Role in Reforming Islamic Jurisprudence

Posted by | Jan 11, 2017 |

My main point from this lecture at MAS16 MAS-ICNA Convention was to emphasise a much needed multi-disciplinary approach in re-reading the Quran to develop Islamic thought in current times. But who is the “scholar” who is going to read the Quran to develop contemporary thought? We have to end the jurists’ (fuqahaa) monopoly over the reading of the Quran for dealing with the realities of life and disciplines that they do not understand, and develop multi-disciplinary researchers to read the Quran for their own disciplines. The best reader of the Quran is a person of knowledge in more than...

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Maqasid Al Shariah A Beginners Guide – New Bosnian translation

Maqasid Al Shariah A Beginners Guide – New Bosnian translation

Posted by | Jan 8, 2017 |

Bosnian is a slavic language used by a European Muslim nation that is both deeply “European” and deeply “Muslim”. The Bosnian contribution to the current debates on Islam in Europe and the West is crucial, although always marginalised by western media and politics. Alhamdulillah for a new translation of my: Maqasid Al Shariah A Beginners Guide, to the Bosnian language, thanks to Centar za napredne studije (CNS) – Center for Advanced Studies in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially my dear brother Dr. Ahmet Alibasic, for the publication and for making it available here with the translation of another book...

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Introduction to Usul-ul-Fiqh and Maqasid

Introduction to Usul-ul-Fiqh and Maqasid

Posted by | Dec 18, 2016 |

A class for a 12 hour course over 3 days on Introduction to Usul-ul-Fiqh and Maqasid, at IIIT (International Institute Of Islamic Thought)‘s The Fairfax Institute. Here are some of the slides on Fiqh, Usul and Maqasid that we discussed at...

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