FATWAS: THE RECENT ATTACK ON THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR, SALMAN RUSHDIE -ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH ISLAM AND THE PROBLEM WITH MUSLIM LIBERALS

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Fatwas, as Arun Shourie writes in his The World of Fatwas or Shariat in action, are the main instrument employed by the unscrupulous ulema as a class. They also reflect, more or less accurately, what has been written in the Quran and Hadis, and from this emanates the authority of the ulema.


The recent attack on the acclaimed author, Salman Rushdie has once more catapulted the power of fatwas in the Muslim mind to the forefront of public debate. In fact, Rushdie’s predicament highlights the fundamental dilemma of Muslim ‘progressives’ and reformists among the ummah: to carry the badge of being a liberal and to make a flourishing career in lieu of that badge, one must not bring into question, and just condone, all the wrong in Islam as is reflected in the fatwas

 

Read more at: https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/fatwas-all-that-is-wrong-with-islam-and-the-problem-with-muslim-liberals-2-11065341.html

 

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  • 17 Aug 2022
  • WerIndia

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