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The Ethics of Disagreement in Islam

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Dr. Taha Jabir al `Alwani was born in Iraq 1354/1935. He received his primary and secondary education in his native land and then graduated with an Honors Degree from the College of Shari`ah and Law at al Azhar University in Cairo in 1378/1959. From the same university, he was awarded his Master's degree in 1388/1968 and a doctorate in usool al fiqh in 1392/1973.

For ten years (from 1395/1975 to 1405/1985( Dr. al `Alwaanee was a professor of fiqh and usool al fiqh at Imaam Muhammad ibn Sa`ood University in Riyadh.

Dr. al`Alwaanee participated in the founding of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in the USA in 1401/1981 and is now the Institute's president and a member of its Board of Trustees. Dr. al `Alwaanee is:

  • A founder-member of the Council of the Muslim World League in Makkah.
  • A member of the OIC Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah since 1407/1987.
  • The president of the Fiqh Council of North America since 1408/1988.

Among his works in Arabic are:

  • His edition of al Mahsool fee `Ilm Usool al Fiqh (The Sum and Substance of Usool al Fiqh), by Imaam Fakhr al Deen al Raazee, in six volumes.
  • Al Ijtihaad wa al Taqleed fee al Islaam (Legal Reasoning and Imitation in Islam).
  • Adab al Ikhtilaaf fee al Islaam (Ethics of Disagreement in Islam).
  • Islaah al Fikr al Islaamee (Reform of the Muslim Intellectual Discourse).

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