Usul al-Fiqh: The (Misunderstood) Key to Islamic Fanaticism by Raymond Ibrahim

 

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Usul al-Fiqh: The (Misunderstood) Key to Islamic Fanaticism by Raymond Ibrahim An interesting but little remarked upon linguistic distortion may hold the key to understanding the Muslim mentality. Whoever undertakes a deeper study of Islam must early on encounter the Arabic term uṣūl al-fiqh, which is almost always translated as “sources of jurisprudence.”  Here is a standard definition from the Encyclopædia Britannica: Uṣūl al-fiqh, the sources […] Read more of this post