Ijtihad

Ijtihad is a much broader concept than just trying to interpret the Qur'an.

Regarding Ijtihad JDsg 2006

Ijtihad is a much broader concept than just trying to interpret the Qur'an.

Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006

Islam once had a glorious tradition of critical thinking and independent reasoning known as Ijtihad and we ` ll talk a little bit more about that, but here ` s the point.

CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2007 2007

MANJI: I and a group of other Muslims have started something called project Ijtihad that I mentioned before the break, this word Ijtihad and it is critical thinking.

CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2007 2007

Islam once had a glorious tradition of critical thinking and independent reasoning known as Ijtihad and we ` ll talk a little bit more about that, but here ` s the point.

CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2007 2007

MANJI: I and a group of other Muslims have started something called project Ijtihad that I mentioned before the break, this word Ijtihad and it is critical thinking.

CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2007 2007

Ijtihad, which is, independent reasoning to articulate Islamic law is used to allow Islam predominant place while allowing the mind to experience freedom of thought.

groundviews Nazeeya Faarooq 2009

"I have been advised that there is a significant tradition in Islam of" Ijtihad "or the individual Muslim's responsibility and authority to interpret the Qur'an."

Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006

"I have been advised that there is a significant tradition in Islam of" Ijtihad "or the individual Muslim's responsibility and authority to interpret the Qur'an."

Regarding Ijtihad JDsg 2006

These are of course political choices -- Project Ijtihad is explicitly progressive and feminist -- and your politics may run more to What Unites Us, an organization set up to combat anti-Muslim prejudice, to the American Muslim Law Enforcement Officers Association, or any number of local or interfaith organizations opposed to religious bigotry.

Clay Shirky: After Tahrir: Protecting U.S. Muslims From Bigotry Clay Shirky 2011