Debate on methodology of renewing Muslim Law: a search for a synthetic approach

Islamic law as a sum total of juristic views believed and practices by Muslims, by and large, is locked in interpretations made by legal scholars of the medieval ages. To relate it to contemporary needs of the Ummah, Muslims thinkers have been entangled with the question of its renewal for the past...

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Main Author:	Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berkely 2010
Subjects:	KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/6780/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6780/2/renewal-synth.pdf

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spelling	iium-67802012-05-19T09:22:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6780/ Debate on methodology of renewing Muslim Law: a search for a synthetic approach Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects Islamic law as a sum total of juristic views believed and practices by Muslims, by and large, is locked in interpretations made by legal scholars of the medieval ages. To relate it to contemporary needs of the Ummah, Muslims thinkers have been entangled with the question of its renewal for the past two centuries. In this pursuit, the most thorny question has surrounded the methodology of accomplishing such a renewal. This has given rise to main three trends, namely traditionalists, modernists and liberal approaches to renewal of Islamic law. This paper, however, argues that rejuvenating Muslim religious law requires a synthetic method rather than a bigoted exclusivist approach as advocated by proponents of renewal in our time. Berkely 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6780/2/renewal-synth.pdf Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2010) Debate on methodology of renewing Muslim Law: a search for a synthetic approach. Global Jurist, 10 (1). pp. 1-15.
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description	Islamic law as a sum total of juristic views believed and practices by Muslims, by and large, is locked in interpretations made by legal scholars of the medieval ages. To relate it to contemporary needs of the Ummah, Muslims thinkers have been entangled with the question of its renewal for the past two centuries. In this pursuit, the most thorny question has surrounded the methodology of accomplishing such a renewal. This has given rise to main three trends, namely traditionalists, modernists and liberal approaches to renewal of Islamic law. This paper, however, argues that rejuvenating Muslim religious law requires a synthetic method rather than a bigoted exclusivist approach as advocated by proponents of renewal in our time.
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title	Debate on methodology of renewing Muslim Law: a search for a synthetic approach
title_short	Debate on methodology of renewing Muslim Law: a search for a synthetic approach
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publisher	Berkely
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