Buddhist Literature as Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy as Literature
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mujtahid’s fatwa is also something I have commented on in a chapter of mine (Panjwani 2019) but more importantly represents arguably the most radical aspect of Qursawi’s socio-legal reform for Russian Muslim communities that Spannaus presents. Again, it would have valuable for Spannaus to compare Qursawi’s views with Shi’i jurists such as Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935–1980) and Murtada Mutahhari (1919–1979) who attempted some reform of the way in which taqlid and ijtihad were practiced and operated within their own historical context. In sum, I would highly recommend this book to scholars, researchers and postgraduate students working within the Islamic legal and theological tradition. Spannaus has presented Qursawi’s views in a scholarly manner that critically examines key terminologies that continue to be used today within usul al-fiqh and kalam. Qursawi’s reform project is relevant today for Muslim minority communities in how they negotiate and consolidate their interpretations of texts in globalised world amidst fluctuating political environments. To me, this appears to be Spannaus motivation in writing about Qursawi and he does so with great attention to detail.