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Historical surveys and current discussions about culture, religion, and politics in Muslim settings
EP.41--Religion: Ijtihad and the Intellectual Struggle to Find God's Law in Islam
The World of Islam: Culture, Religion, and Politics
10 minutes
11 years ago
EP.41--Religion: Ijtihad and the Intellectual Struggle to Find God's Law in Islam
The episode discusses the concept of ijtihad that has been used by Muslim
jurists to derive legal rulings. We particularly focus on what is known as qiyas and that came to be the most
dominant interpretative tool that a mujtahid
utilizes in this process.
The World of Islam: Culture, Religion, and Politics
Historical surveys and current discussions about culture, religion, and politics in Muslim settings