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EP.41--Religion: Ijtihad and the Intellectual Struggle to Find God's Law in Islam artwork
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EP.41--Religion: Ijtihad and the Intellectual Struggle to Find God's Law in Islam

The World of Islam: Culture, Religion, and Politics by Amine Tais

Jul 23, 201410:00Religion & Spirituality

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...

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EP.41--Religion: Ijtihad and the Intellectual Struggle to Find God's Law in Islam is an episode from The World of Islam: Culture, Religion, and Politics by Amine Tais. The episode discusses the concept of ijtihad that has been used by Musli...

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