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  • Islam does have the concepts of reform (islah) and revival/renewal (tajdid), and even a cursory study of contemporary Islamic history reveals an array of important reformers, from Muhammad Abduh and Sayyid Ahmad Khan of the nineteenth century to present-day Muslim feminists Fatima Mernissi and Leila Ahmed, not to mention the prominent Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan (ironically considered by some to be a Muslim Martin Luther).

    Todd Green, Ph.D.: Does Islam Really Need A Martin Luther? Ph.D. Todd Green 2011

  • In fact, he goes on, the concept of tajdid, or renewal, is even supported by a hadith (tradition of the prophet) that states "God will send to His community those who will renew its faith for it."

    #39;s Big Feed author unknown 2010

  • "The concepts of renewal (tajdid) and reform (islah) are fundamental components of Islam's worldview, rooted in the Quran and the Sunna [traditions] of the Prophet."

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • In fact, he goes on, the concept of tajdid, or renewal, is even supported by a hadith (tradition of the prophet) that states "God will send to His community those who will renew its faith for it."

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • "The concepts of renewal (tajdid) and reform (islah) are fundamental components of Islam's worldview, rooted in the Quran and the Sunna [traditions] of the Prophet."

    #39;s Big Feed author unknown 2010

  • Now we have to start the second wave of tajdid, which actually needed to start 15 to 20 years ago.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2009

  • Ayahnya ialah Syeikh Abdul Karim bin Amrullah atau dikenal sebagai Haji Rasul, seorang pelopor Gerakan Islah (tajdid) di Minangkabau, sekembalinya dari Makkah pada tahun

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

  • The courageous Syrian philosopher Sadik al-Azm once described the Arabs as “the Hamlet of our times, doomed to unrelieved tragedy, forever hesitating, procrastinating, and wavering between the old and the new, between asala and mu’asara (authenticity and contemporaneity), between turath and tajdid (heritage and renewal), between huwiyya and hadatha (identity and modernity), and between religion and secularity….”

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • The courageous Syrian philosopher Sadik al-Azm once described the Arabs as “the Hamlet of our times, doomed to unrelieved tragedy, forever hesitating, procrastinating, and wavering between the old and the new, between asala and mu’asara (authenticity and contemporaneity), between turath and tajdid (heritage and renewal), between huwiyya and hadatha (identity and modernity), and between religion and secularity….”

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • "For the sake of tajdid (reform), we should hold an EGM.

    unknown title 2009

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