Shaykh Taha Jabir al-Alwani on issues in contemporary Islamic thought.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻAlwānī, Ṭāhā Jābir Fayyāḍ, author.

علواني، طه جابر فياض،, author.

Contributor:

International Institute of Islamic Thought, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Islamic renewal.

Physical Description:

v, 301 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Issues in contemporary Islamic thought

Place of Publication:

London : International Institute of Islamic Thought, [2005]

Summary:

"This collection of papers presents a reformist project calling upon Muslim intellectuals and scholars everywhere to comprehend the vast breadth and depth of the crisis engulfing Mulsim thought today and the necessity of solving this crisis to enable the Ummah to experience a revival and fulfill its role among the nations of the world. The reader will find a variety of articles dealing with this intellectual crisis, these include a chapter on ijtihad's role and history, important since our intellectual problems cannot be solved without the scholars' use of independent reasoning and creativity. Another discusses imitation (taqlid), calling upon Muslim scholars and intellectuals to abandon imitation and to stop favoring the past over the present when trying to solve modern problems. Another looks at human rights."--Page 4 of cover.

Notes:

"Compiled from the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

156564414X

9781565644144

1565644158

9781565644151

OCLC:

244813221