Prof. M.Fadel of Toronto Uni says 'yes' to Neo-Ijtihad

Prof. M.Fadel of Toronto Uni says 'yes' to Neo-Ijtihad

On its opening day, the "Center for the Studies of Islam and democracy" in Tunis presented the public with a lecture by Prof. Mohammad Fadel, teacher of law and researcher in Islamic legal history at the University of Toronto, Canada.

During the debate, I asked the lecturer: "What if we addressed the people of Tunisia saying: What you did to free yourselves from despotism is genuine Islam, so let's  stick to the ways you implemented that proved efficient and consider this to be a modern and authentic way of practicing islam", to which he replied: "I am with you; this can be achieved providing that you get based on a new perspective of Islam not on salafi ones."

Mohamed Hammar

Designer of strategies for change via an Islam-language methodology