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Religious Reason in Muslim Polity Religious Reason in Muslim Polity
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Theological‐Ethical Implications of the Creation Narrative in the Qur'an Theological‐Ethical Implications of the Creation Narrative in the Qur'an
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Human Dignity and Religious Particularity Human Dignity and Religious Particularity
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Islamic Governance in Seminarian Culture Islamic Governance in Seminarian Culture
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Ethical Necessity in the Context of Human Dignity Ethical Necessity in the Context of Human Dignity
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Theological Underpinnings of Juridical Discourse Theological Underpinnings of Juridical Discourse
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Concluding Remarks Concluding Remarks
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2 2 The Nature of Islamic Juridical‐Ethical Discourse
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Published:October 2009
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This chapter deals with a critical assessment of Islamic juridical tradition—a formidable obstacle to a number of articles of great consequence for the protection of individual rights that are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. My aim is to explore the ethical doctrines that undergird the legal tradition in Islam, because, as I argue in this chapter, it is the ethical dimension of Islamic legal methodology that holds the potential for an inclusive universal language that can engage the universal morality of the declaration. What is critically needed in the Islamic context is to demonstrate to traditionalist scholars that Islamic ethics shares common moral terrain with the declaration on several levels, and to disregard its sources as antireligious would be to foreclose any opportunity to dialogue with liberal secularists on the need to protect human dignity and to advance peace with justice in the world.
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