Response to Professor Fadel and Professor Iqtidar

Professor Fadel sees me as claiming that the Islamic secular “places jurisdictional boundaries on what religion can rightfully claim, thereby creating a legitimate space for non-religious, i.e., ‘secular’ reason.” What actually I argued, however, was that Sharia placed limits on its own shar‘ī juri...

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Auteur principal: Sherman Jackson
Format: article
Langue:EN
Publié: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/eb1d1c0ae3fe445d8995a0fac370fd9f
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Résumé:Professor Fadel sees me as claiming that the Islamic secular “places jurisdictional boundaries on what religion can rightfully claim, thereby creating a legitimate space for non-religious, i.e., ‘secular’ reason.” What actually I argued, however, was that Sharia placed limits on its own shar‘ī jurisdiction, obviating the necessity-cum-legitimacy not of non-religious, secular reason but of religious secular reason. He appears to be unable to transcend the commonly held dichotomy between the secular and the religious (which my article calls directly into question) and thus to recognize the reality of the “Islamic secular” as I define it. This underwrites a profound misreading of my thesis ...