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Ijtihad concerns disciplined legal interpretation within Islamic thought. Iqbal’s proposals and Hallaq’s historical criticism raise different questions about its practice and institutions.
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Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 73
Reason, tradition and renewal in modern Muslim thought
Iqbal proposes renewing legal interpretation through ijtihad and collective deliberation, and Hallaq challenges a simple history in which interpretation was closed. How much freedom does such renewal allow?