In The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, Muhammad Iqbal presents ijtihad as:
Correct answer: C. A means of legal renewal
- A. A fixed medieval procedure
- B. A rejection of legislative authority
- C. A means of legal renewal
- D. A purely mystical experience
Explanation
Iqbal treats ijtihad as a principle that allows Islamic legal and political thought to respond to changing circumstances. He links it with creative reconstruction and discusses the role of a legislative assembly in exercising it.
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Muslim political thought explores Islamic ideas about governance, authority, justice, consultation, leadership, law and the relationship between religion and the state. It examines the political arguments of Al-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, Ibn Khaldun, Shah Waliullah, Muhammad Iqbal and other thinkers, distinguishing classical theories of the caliphate from modern debates about the Islamic state.
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