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INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW: Critical analysis of current Islamic trends 2-10

INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW: Critical analysis of current Islamic trends 2-10

Posted by | Feb 3, 2019 |

 Critical analysis of current Islamic trends   second class: Intro to Fiqh IPSA-Cape Town 2019  This is from the second lecture (out of 10), which Dr.Jasser teaches as a “Contemporary Islamic Law” graduate course. He took a critical analysis of the various schools of Islamic law/thought today and attempted to explain the impact of the current political forces and the inherited knowledge on their stands. (Neo-)Salafis, Sufis, Movement, Modernist, and Post-Modernist streams are examples, and explained how the political divide between Sufi-style and the Ikhwan-style ideologies is dividing the Ummah everywhere. The main critique here is that none of the current schools...

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Introduction to Islamic law: Fiqh is not Islamic law 1-10

Posted by | Feb 3, 2019 |

 Fiqh is not Islamic law 1st Class: Intro to Fiqh IPSA – Cape Town Jan 2019  It is about time that we define “fiqh” as the Quran defines it, and go beyond the narrow legal and historical definitions. This is an excerpt from the first class Dr.Jasser  gave yesterday in the course titled, “Introduction to Islamic law”, which is taught within the new graduate program based on Maqasid al-Shariah at the International Peace College South Africa –...

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