Largely agree with Prof Jackson but his closely remarks are fundamentally wrong in that muslims on the issues where there is no current ruling in sharia can engage in debate and discussions with non-muslims on the basis of logic that neither draws from sharia directly nor offends sharia directly, in other words the logic is generically indistinguishable between muslims and non-muslims. For a muslim the arguments regarding moral/ethical/political issues on which sharia has no clear ruling must be based on the broad principles outlined in the Qur'an, thus the logic of a muslim and a non-muslim on these issues might sound superficially similar but will have fundamental difference in their organic source. Prof Jackson is absolutely right that it is falsehood that there is nothing common between a person who is dedicated to sharia and a non-muslim.
Non religious morality is determined by how prevalent a behavior happens to be. Can a muslim women marry a non Muslim man (an example KEF brought up) is a prohibition explicitly stated in Quran. He says these practices can be altered based on the sociological realities of the world. That's a slippery slope. Where's the line between whatever I feel goes, to blind Quran and sunnah proponents?
sbh, Prof. Fadl is as insightful as ever. We are fortunate to have him and his efforts to share his thoughts to the world
Largely agree with Prof Jackson but his closely remarks are fundamentally wrong in that muslims on the issues where there is no current ruling in sharia can engage in debate and discussions with non-muslims on the basis of logic that neither draws from sharia directly nor offends sharia directly, in other words the logic is generically indistinguishable between muslims and non-muslims. For a muslim the arguments regarding moral/ethical/political issues on which sharia has no clear ruling must be based on the broad principles outlined in the Qur'an, thus the logic of a muslim and a non-muslim on these issues might sound superficially similar but will have fundamental difference in their organic source. Prof Jackson is absolutely right that it is falsehood that there is nothing common between a person who is dedicated to sharia and a non-muslim.
Non religious morality is determined by how prevalent a behavior happens to be. Can a muslim women marry a non Muslim man (an example KEF brought up) is a prohibition explicitly stated in Quran. He says these practices can be altered based on the sociological realities of the world. That's a slippery slope. Where's the line between whatever I feel goes, to blind Quran and sunnah proponents?
He alluded to this possibility, but also argued against these dispensations in his other more detailed treatments of this topic.