Critical Thought and the Future of Islam


Ziauddin Sardar

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24848/islmlg.08.2.06

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Abstract


This is a translation of essay by Prof. Ziauddin Sardar, originally published at Oxford Islamic Studies web-site:

http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/Public/focus/essay0313_critical_thought.html


Keywords


modern Islam; critical thinking; ijtihad

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24848/islmlg.08.2.06