Khaled Abou El-Fadl. Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari‘ah in the Modern Age

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Divan: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi
Volume:23 Issue:44
Khaled Abou El-Fadl. Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari‘ah in the Modern Age

Khaled Abou El-Fadl. Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari‘ah in the Modern Age

Authors : Sherife SLOCUM ARSLAN

Pages : 0-0

Doi:10.20519/divan.448317

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Publication Date : 2018-07-01

Article Type : Book Review

Abstract :What happens if an age comes where divine norms no longer constitute a reference point in guiding people’s lives? Who is to speak for the divine will in the modern age, and how is God’s law to play any meaningful role in the age of modernity? We live in a world where Muslims are misunderstood and terribly mistreated by those who are ignorant or prejudiced towards Islam. However, it is difficult to escape the reality that Muslims have become unjust and destructive towards others, each other and themselves. As a result, Muslims find themselves with a conflicting conscience, as Khaled Abou El-Fadl describes it, trying to reconcile between the “Islamic dream and the chaos of the modern condition.”
Keywords : Modern Islamic History, Islamic Law

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