Issues in Contemporary Islamic Thought
By Shaykh Taha Jabir al Alwani
Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought, London, Washington
Paperback 301 Pages
Description From The Publishers
This collection of papers presents a reformist project calling upon Muslim Intellectuals and scholars everywhere to comprehend the vast breadth and depth of the crisis engulfing Muslim thought today and the necessity of solving this crisis to enable the ummah to experience a revival and fulfill its role among the nations of the World.
The reader will find a variety of articles dealing with this intellectual crisis, these include a chapter on Ijtehads role in History, important since our intellectual problems can not be solved without the scholars use of indepenndent reasoning and creativity. Another discusses imitation (Taqleed) calling upon Muslim scholars and intellectuals to abandon imitation and to stop favouring the past the past over the present when trying to solve Modern Problems. Another looks at human rights.
The Author
Dr. Taha Jabir al `Alwani was born in Iraq 1354/1935. He received his primary and secondary education in his native land and then graduated with an Honors Degree from the College of Shari`ah and Law at al Azhar University in Cairo in 1378/1959. From the same university, he was awarded his Master's degree in 1388/1968 and a doctorate in usool al fiqh in 1392/1973.
For ten years (from 1395/1975 to 1405/1985( Dr. al `Alwaanee was a professor of fiqh and usool al fiqh at Imaam Muhammad ibn Sa`ood University in Riyadh.
Dr. al`Alwaanee participated in the founding of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in the USA in 1401/1981 and is now the Institute's president and a member of its Board of Trustees. Dr. al `Alwaanee is:
- A founder-member of the Council of the Muslim World League in Makkah.
- A member of the OIC Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah since 1407/1987.
- The president of the Fiqh Council of North America since 1408/1988.
The Publisher
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) is a private, non-profit, academic and cultural institution, concerned with general issues of Islamic thought. The Institute was established in the United States of America in 1981 (1401 AH). It is independent of local politics, party orientations and ideological biases
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