“The intellectual adolescent rejects even unequivocal and clear rulings (al-qaṭ’iyāt) in the religion, while the regenerative restorer is the most adhering to them.”
Tag Archives: Traditional Islam
08
Jul
Jul
The following is an excerpt from Islam and the Destiny of Man by Charles Le Gai Eaton (1921–2010), which was first published in 1985. Besides Gai Eaton, there are only two other Muslim writers who bring forth a synthesis between Eastern and Western thought in their presentation of Islam in a nuanced way that does not undermine its […]
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Mar
Mar
The subject of the status of women in Islam is one that captivates minds today to an extent that makes it difficult to appreciate how historically recent this obsession really is. This begs the question to what extent is it an artifact of the currently prevailing values of Western feminist thought and inherited colonialist narratives […]