[Update: video + photos] CILE public lecture "Ijtihad: What For?"

Debates on the subject of ijtihad have been continuous among reformers in Egypt, Syria and Tunisia since in the end of the nineteenth century. They intensified in the second half of the twentieth century, where many writings have appeared addressing the definition, conditions, necessities and applications of Ijtihad, including the qualifications of the mujtahideen, and other issues.

Call for Research Papers Ijtihad in Contemporary Context: Concept, Functions and Methods (27-29) September 2016

In its quest for developing the scientific research and reviving Islamic legislation and ethics studies, the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) has the pleasure to invite scientists and researchers to contribute their research papers to the special seminar organized by the methodology and ethics unit at the Center, under the theme: “Ijtihad (Juristic Deduction) in Contemporary Context: Concept, Functions and Methods”, as it comes within the vision and framework specified in the (

[Update: video + photos] Public Lecture on “The difficulties of Islamic Jurisprudence in the modern time: Contemporary Ijtihad and the Future of Pre-modern Islamic Schools of Law”

The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), a member of Hamad bin Khalifa University’s Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), cordially invites you to its upcoming public lecture entitled: "The difficulties of Islamic Jurisprudence in the modern time: Contemporary Ijtihad and the Future of Pre-modern Islamic Schools of Law ". This event will be held on February 10th , from 7 to 9 pm in the QFIS Auditorium, Education City.

Research Center For Islamic Legislation and Ethics calls for revival of Ijtihad

Lecture Aimed At Reviving And Linking The Concept Of Ijtihad With Contemporary Context

 

Dr Tariq Ramadan, Director of the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), a member of the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) in Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), called for examining and reviving the concept of Ijtihad –broadening its scope and field, and linking it with contemporary contexts.

Islam and Biomedical Ethics

During the 1990s, biomedical scientists and Muslim religious scholars collaborated to construe Islamic responses for the ethical questions raised by the AIDS pandemic

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