tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post4233867880887099347..comments2023-07-01T08:55:59.065-05:00Comments on City of Brass: TraditionAziz P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-50096490444775889082007-09-23T03:06:00.000-05:002007-09-23T03:06:00.000-05:00A commitment to the scholastic interpretive legacy...A commitment to the scholastic interpretive legacy of Islam, or Traditionalism, equals an principled and rigorous engagement with the establishment of the proof-texts (nusus), the debate over the principles by which the authenticity of proof-texts are established, the debate about interpretive methods (usul al-fiqh) and the derivation of rulings (furu) which are various as a result. This results of this engagement are not absolutely fixed, they are various, and there is a sense in which a process of refinement goes on (because debates develop as more people contribute to them over time and ponder on previous interventions). Secondly there is process of self-correction which as I mentioned in the original article which relies on the mechanism of "moral and intellectual peer review".<BR/><BR/>But note all this is defining "traditionalism" not "tradition" itself, and the two should not be confused. Tradition is the totality of the canonical proof-texts of the religion.<BR/><BR/>wa s-salam Yahya BirtUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17731068095700471923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-72411539863394761152007-09-22T13:30:00.000-05:002007-09-22T13:30:00.000-05:00but there has to be some conformity if the beliefs...but there has to be some conformity if the beliefs are shared. there's a whole continuum ranging from tradition to minute details...Aziz P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-34308270955129667312007-09-22T09:22:00.000-05:002007-09-22T09:22:00.000-05:00I don't see an either/or - you can engage with tex...I don't see an either/or - you can engage with texts defined as belonging to "tradition", but the minute questions of the kind posed by Arkoun et al are counted as "anti" tradition is the minute I leave the room. It's about the difference between conformity and belief.Julaybibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643429412743650113noreply@blogger.com