Abstract
The essay deals with the bitter polemics between Neo-Ahl al-Hadith and Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a well-known legal scholar in the contemporary Muslim Sunni world. In addition to analyzing the substantial claims made by one party against the other one, the essay focuses on the rhetorical devices used by both parties. It analyzes these devices in light of theories of Pragmatics in the field of discourse analysis, with special attention to the distinction between a "discussion" and an "argument." My main finding is that Qaraawi's critics seek to ruin his public "face" because, in their view "modernistreformist" religious figures like Qaradawi are agents of Western-oriented secularization, camouflaged by a pseudo-orthodox juristic dress.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 114-141 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Islamic Law and Society |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 20 Feb 2015 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Qaradawi
- Salafis
- Wahhabis
- Wasaiyya
- Zahiris
- ahl al-adith
- ahl al-ray
- ijtihad
- juristic knowledge
- rhetorical devices