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Call to renew the interpretation of the Koran

Newly established Center for the Study of Islamic law and ethics in Qatar, than raising the amount of attention Islamic behaviors applications. Christoph Dreyer in dialogue with Jasser Auda, deputy director of the Center for the Study of Islamic legislation and ethics in Qatar. Started the Center for the Study of Islamic legislation and ethics at the beginning of this year, his work, and you occupy a position of Deputy Director. What's the need for a such a center?  

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A Blessed Life and a Continuous Impact

In his well-known book, Al-Hikam(Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad ibn `Ataa'illah as-Sakandari says:  How often has a long life brought about so little, and how often has a short life brought about so much. If someone’s life is blessed, he will reach, in a short time, bounties from Allah that cannot be expressed in words or comprehended in descriptions

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We Need an Ethical Revolution Introductory Speech by Dr. Jasser Auda

 أقرأ     The first international conference of the Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) was held in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday March 9th. 2013. The conference was entitled “Arts and Politics from an Islamic Perspective: Critical Questions” and was the first international conference organized by CILE, a member of Qatar Foundation. The one-day conference brought together scholars of Islamic jurisprudence, artists and politicians from around the world to discuss critical issues pertinent to today’s cultural and political spheres.

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Could Today’s UK be a ‘Land of Islam’?

Could Today’s UK be a ‘Land of Islam’? What is the ‘Land of Islam’?  For: Contextualising Islam in Britain Project (CIBP), Symposium Four, Cambridge University, April 25th and 26th, 2009   Introduction One of the main concepts that shape Muslim minorities’ worldview and lifestyle is the concept of ‘Muslim countries’, or in other expressions, the ‘Islamic World’ or the ‘Land of Islam’. This concept has a great impact on the ‘contextualisation’ of Muslims in the west in general and in the UK in specific. First, because some Muslims perceive that they live in a ‘non-Muslim’ or ‘disbelieving’ country, they...

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