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ItemMuslim Australians: Their Beliefs, Practices and InstitutionsSAEED, A (Commonwealth of Australia, 2004)
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ItemIslamic banking and finance in search of a pragmatic modelSaeed, A ; HOOKER, V ; SAIKAL, A (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004-12-01)
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ItemMuslims in the West and their attitudes to full participation in western societies: some reflectionsSaeed, A (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2008)
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ItemSome reflections on the Contextualist approach to ethico-legal texts of the QuranSaeed, A (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2008)Abstract A “contextualist” reading of the Quran is becoming increasingly popular, particularly among those Muslims referred to as “progressive-ijtihadis”. One of the primary concerns of this reading is that in order to understand and interpret the ethico-legal content of the Quran and relate that content to the changing needs and circumstances of Muslims today, it is important to approach the text at different levels, giving a high degree of emphasis to the socio-historical context of the text. In the classical tafsīr this emphasis on socio-historical context was not considered important, particularly in the interpretation of the ethico-legal texts, despite the frequent use of asbāb al-nuzūl literature. In this paper, I will explore how progressive-ijtihadis are adopting a contextualist reading of ethico-legal texts of the Quran. To illustrate this, I will use one or two such texts (verses) and their interpretations by the progressive-ijtihadis and will seek to demonstrate the contours of this approach, and highlight some of the challenges this approach is facing.
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ItemThe Qur'an: An introductionSaeed, A (Routledge, 2008-01-25)
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ItemIslamic thought: An introductionSaeed, A (Routledge, 2006-07-13)
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ItemInterpreting the Qur'an: Towards a contemporary approachSaeed, A (Routledge, 2005-09-29)
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ItemFreedom of Religion, Apostasy and IslamSAEED, A ; SAEED, H (Ashgate, 2004)
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ItemNurcholish Madjid and the interpretation of the Qur'an: religious pluralism and toleranceSAEED, A ; JOHNS, AH ; TAJI-FAROUKI, S (Oxford University Press, 2004)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableTrends in contemporary Islam: A preliminary attempt at a classificationSaeed, A (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2007-07)