A Methodological and Epistemological Approach to Ijtihad (Independent Judgment in Public Affairs)

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This text attempts to analyze and clarify the nature of ijtihad method, presuming the possibility and necessity of producing religions science by using ijtihad method.
We believe that ijtihad method is the only successful and feasible method of producing Islamic humanities. We have strived to explore ijtihad from the view of methodology and to access the epistemological value of the products of ijtihad method.
 

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