{"id":331,"date":"2008-01-20T22:21:52","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T22:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2008\/01\/20\/non-skeptical-e\/"},"modified":"2013-05-07T18:37:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T23:37:08","slug":"non-skeptical-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2008\/01\/non-skeptical-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Non Skeptical Essays on Islamic Law & pluralism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Aasem at Non Skeptical Essays has a stimulating post on Islamic Law. Here\u2019s an excerpt from Dynamics of Change in Islamic Law (I): Normative Pluralism<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In my view, the most important crisis that Muslim society miserably failed to handle during Islam\u2019s sojourn into modernity is diversity. By diversity, I mean religious heterogeneity in any form, may it be the pronouncement of legal injunctions, opinions regarding societal norms or something as personal as individual religious practices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don\u2019t have the eloquence to summarize his arguments succinctly, so check it out yourself.<\/p>\n

I look forward to his next post on the topic.<\/p>\n

I posted a comment and quipped about my own skepticism about some of the common \u201cpious\u201d assumptions about Islamic law among modern Muslims. An excerpt: <\/p>\n

My take on Ijma is a bit like that of the oft cited construct of the \u201cJudeo-Christian Tradition\u201d: It\u2019s appropriate for many (perhaps most) matters, but on some very important topics it\u2019s a huge oversimplification that in practice papers over complexities we\u2019re uncomfortable grappling with.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Aasem at Non Skeptical Essays has a stimulating post on Islamic Law. Here\u2019s an excerpt from Dynamics of Change in Islamic Law (I): Normative Pluralism: In my view, the most important crisis that Muslim society miserably failed to handle during Islam\u2019s sojourn into modernity is diversity. By diversity, I mean religious heterogeneity in any form, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islamic-thought"],"yoast_head":"\nNon Skeptical Essays on Islamic Law & pluralism - Akram's Razor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Aasem at Non Skeptical Essays has a stimulating post on Islamic Law. 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