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0 pointsbayindirh2y ago0 comments

> Both are too old fashioned and should be discarded or amended.

While I'm not supporting Sharia in any way, I support its amendment rather than complete abandonment, because a) it's easier and allows an iterative and a more acceptable way forward for its practitioners, b) It's supposed to evolve with times, anyway.

I remember talking with a religion teacher that one of the most prominent Sharia law books start with "These laws are made for this era. Modernize and change them when times change".

I think it's too inconvenient to preserve that page for some people.

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AlecSchueler2y ago· 1 in thread

Though surely this applies only to Ijma and suchlike. The rules which derive directly from the Quaran are the word of Allah and therefore immutable, and the Hadiths would be similarly difficult to question or reevaluate.

bayindirhOP2y ago

Yeah, but as far as I remember, some of the most criticized parts are open for interpretation. I may be wrong though.

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