Abou El Fadl Research Articles

Gagasan Khaled Abou El Fadl Tentang Problem Otoritarianisme Tafsir Agama Pendekatan Hermeneutik dalam Studi Fatwa-Fatwa Keagamaan

One of the famous Moslem scholar is Khaled Abou El Fadl. He has studied of religious fatwas that recorded in council religious legal opinion. The main problem that this scholar investigates regarding religious fatwas on gender. Abou El Fadl offers methodology of how to interpret ther meaning of the law texts, it is hermeneutic. The characteristics of this kind of methodology is that there is closed relation text, context, author, and interpreter reader). So, the meaning of Islamic law texts can be classified into two categories, authoritarianism and authoritative meaning. Departing from this, according to Abou El Fadl to understand the meaning of Islamic law texts in this era should consider hermeneutics. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}

The Great Theft

Written creeds, which always come much later than the original revelation,invariably seek to define theological “orthodoxy” over and against the perceivedheresies of competing sects. Thus, in Islam, the Fiqh Akbar I stoodagainst the Kharajites, the Wasiyat Abu Hanifah against the Qadarites andthe first Mu`tazilites, and the Fiqh Akbar II against the later Mu`tazilites.Later on, such theological treatises as al-Ash`ari’s Al-Ibanah and `Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi’s Kitab Usul al-Din appeared.In The Great Theft, Khaled Abou El Fadl revives this tradition by statingthat in the wake of numerous “acts of ugliness” committed by Muslims,the ummah has reached a grave theological crossroads. Muslims are nowdivided along a spectrum between two extremes. Fundamentally, this schismis one between “moderates” (the extreme being defined by those most willingto reinterpret the Islamic tradition in the light of contemporary realities)and “puritans,” who, on the basis of a selective reading of Islam’s strictestschool of law (Hanbali), claim that 90 percent of human affairs are alreadycovered by God’s law (the Shari`ah). At the heart of these diametricallyopposed worldviews, he claims, is a theological decision regarding creationand the Shari`ah’s meaning.Significantly, the book’s first part is devoted to an analysis of the presentcrisis. In the first chapter (“Islam Torn between Extremism andModeration”), Abou El Fadl describes the split that divides the Islamic communityand helpfully defines the terms moderate (as opposed to modernist,progressive, or reformist) and puritan (not fundamentalist, militant, extremist,radical, or jihadist). From the beginning, he lays aside the commonMuslim objections in the face of suicide bombings or beheadings: “the problemis with Muslims, not Islam per se.” Unfortunately, he argues, all sidesclaim that they are following the precepts of Islam. What is needed is a ...

Review: Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam * Khaled M. Abou El-Fadl: Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam

Review: Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam * Khaled M. Abou El-Fadl: Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam

Reviews of Books:Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law Khaled Abou El Fadl

Reviews of Books:Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law Khaled Abou El Fadl

Progressive Muslims on justice, gender and pluralism

Part 1 Progressive Muslims and contemporary Islam: the ugly modern and the modern ugly - reclaiming the beautiful in Islam, Khaled Abou El Fadl in search of a progressive Islamic response to 9/11, Farid Esack Islam - a civilisational project in progress, Ahmet Karamustafa the debts and burdens of critical Islam, Ebrahim Moosa on being a scholar of Islam - risks and responsibilities, Tazim R. Kassam. Part 2 Progressive Muslims and gender justice: transforming feminisms - Islam, women and gender justice, Sa'diyya Shaikh progressive Muslims and Islamic jurisprudence - the necessity for critical engagement with marriage and divorce laws, Kecia Ali sexuality, diversity and ethics in the agenda of progressive Muslims, Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle are we up to the challenge? the need for a radical re-ordering of the Islamic discourse on women, Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons. Part 3 Progressive Muslims and pluralism: Muslims, pluralism and inter-faith dialogue, Amir Hussein Islam, democracy and pluralism, Ahmad S. Moussalli American Muslim identity - race and ethnicity in progressive Islam, Amina Wadud how to put the genie back in the bottle? Identity, Islam and Muslim youth cultures in america, Marcia Hermansen what is the victory of Islam? towards a different understanding of the Ummah and political success in the contemporary world, Farish A. Noor.

Taking Back Islam

This book is divided into nine sections: an opening section with intro ductoryessays, followed by eight chapters that discuss the writers' viewson certain issues. Each section contains several essays of anywhere frombetween three to six pages. Given the number of authors, I will mentiononly some of the points made in each section.In his introduction, Michael Wolfe lays out the book's generalpremise: Maybe it is time to stop looking to the "motherland" for ourunderstandings of Islam and Islamic tradition. Maybe it is time to growup. This call is sure to find a resonance among the many Muslims whoare tired of imported imams and imported books that are so far removedfrom our own reality in the West. Farid Esack brings up an interestingpoint: Historically, Muslims have known only two paradigms: oppression(Makkah) and governing (Madinah). However, given current realities,they must adopt a third kind: peaceful coexistence in a state of equality,as done by those Muslims who emigrated to Abyssinia.In "Violence," Khaled Abou El Fadl notes that Islam is concernedwith building and creating, and that ruining and destroying life is "an ultimateact of blasphemy against God." He writes that war is defensive anda last resort, that trade and technology are preferred, and that political discourseshave displaced moral discourses. Aasma Khan discusses hersmall group (Muslims against Terrorism), which was set up in the daysfollowing 9/11 to educate people "about the incompatibility oflslam withterrorist activities, hatred, and violence."In "Democracy," Karen Armstrong reminds us of several importantfacts: modernity/democracy is a process; that in the Muslim world, modernitywas imposed from above and has close ties with colonial subjugation/dependence, instead of independence; and that is imitation and not inno­vation. Religion, she asserts, can help people through the transition tomodernity. Alex Kronemer states that "the greatest obstacle to democracyin the Muslim world is not 'Islam,' it is poverty, the lack of education, andcorrupt and repressive regimes, many of which - and this is the importantpoint - are supported by the democracies of the West." This raises thequestion of whether the West really wants democracy in the Muslim world ...

September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment? Introduction

Within hours after collapse of Twin Towers, idea that 11 attacks had permeated American popular and political discussion. As Introduction to this edited volume argues, in period since 11, notion that 9/11 changed nation and world has been used to justify profound changes in U.S. law, public policy and foreign relations. Bringing together leading scholars of history, law, literature, and Islam, September 11 in asks whether attacks and their aftermath truly marked a transition in U.S. and world history or whether they are best understood as part of pre-existing historical trajectories. From a variety of perspectives, contributors to this collection scrutinize claims about 11. Essays range from an analysis of terms like Ground Zero, Homeland, and the Axis of Evil to an argument that U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay has become a site for acting out a repressed imperial history. Examining effect of attacks on Islamic self-identity, one contributor argues that Osama bin Laden enacted an interpretation of Islam on 11 and asserts that progressive Muslims must respond to it. Other essays by legal scholars focus on citizenship and deployment of Orientalist tropes in categorizations of those who look Middle Eastern, blurring of domestic and international law evident in a number of legal developments including use of military tribunals to prosecute suspected terrorists, question of whether 11 should cause a paradigm shift in international law, and justifications for and consequences of American unilateralism. This collection ultimately reveals that everything did not change on 11, 2001, but that some bedrocks of democratic legitimacy have been significantly eroded by claims that it did. Contributors include: Khaled Abou el Fadl, UCLA Law School; Mary L. Dudziak, USC Law School; Christopher L. Eisgruber, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; Laurence R. Helfer, Loyola Law School; Sherman A. Jackson, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan; Amy B. Kaplan, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania; Elaine Tyler May, Departments of History and American Studies, University of Minnesota; Lawrence G. Sager, University of Texas Law School; Ruti G. Teitel, New York Law School; Leti Volpp; American University Law School; Marilyn B. Young, Department of History, New York University.

Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam. Khaled M. Abou El Fadl

Previous articleNext article No AccessReviewsConference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam. Khaled M. Abou El FadlAn-Chi Hoh DianuAn-Chi Hoh Dianu Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Library Quarterly Volume 73, Number 2Apr., 2003 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/603399 Views: 1Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 2003 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Yinka Olomojobi Political Islam in Northern Nigeria, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2015).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2579977

ABOU EL-FADL, Khaled, Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women, Oxford, One World Publications, 2001, xiii + 361 pp.

ABOU EL-FADL, Khaled, Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women, Oxford, One World Publications, 2001, xiii + 361 pp.