Re: slavery, polygamy
[email protected] Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:07:43 -0500
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I thought they followed Indian civil law? Do they have their own system-within-system? -Mudhillun --On Monday, March 15, 2004 12:48 PM -0500 Mohammad Islam <[email protected]> wrote: > Asslam-o-Alikoom, > > Perhaps in Middle Eastern countries majority of Muslims may > follow Shafi'i school but not in Inida and Pakistan (South > Asia). Muslims of those two countries follow Hanafi school. > > The bigger question is does it matter what school of thought one > may choose to follow? > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > > ---- On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Afdhere Jama ([email protected]) > wrote: > > > <html><div style='background-color:'><P><BR>salam, </P> > > <P>well, in the arab world, even though the laws of hanafi is > in use (since it was forced by the > > ottoman empire,) majority of people in places like syria, > palestine, jordan, etc, are shafi'is in > > practice. also, south east asia is mainly shafi'i. shafi'i's > model of law (i.e, quran, sunnah, ijmah, > > ra'yi) is now used by all schools of thought. it is considered > the 'basic' for islamic thought. > > <BR></P>afdhere<BR><BR><BR> > > <DIV><STRONG>Afdhere Jama </STRONG><BR><EM>Editorial Director > </EM><BR><STRONG>HURIYAH > > </STRONG>Publications <BR>S A N F R A N C I S C O <BR><A > > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] > </A><BR><A > > > href="http://www.huriyahmag.com">http://www.huriyahmag.com</A></DIV> > > <DIV> </DIV>>From: "na'eem jeenah" <[email protected]>>Reply-To: > > [email protected] >To: > [email protected], > > [email protected] >Subject: Re: > [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] slavery, > > polygamy >Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:21:10 +0200 > >salaam > > > I'm sorry but I think > > your understanding of the madhhabi >demographics as well as > your understanding of the >location > > of these madhahib needs some revision. (Btw, >where do you get > the idea that the Shafi'i madhhab > > is >regarded as "pure" Islam? Maybe where you come from. > > Certainly not in most of the world - > > Muslim world and the >rest of the world. > >na'eem > >On 12 > Mar 2004 at 9:03, Afdhere > > Jama wrote: > > > > > > > salam, na'eem, > > abu hanifa is a > very good > > example. no one in the arab world but small > > minority > follow his madhab. on top of that, the > > majority of the > > muslims (non-arabs) follow theother > madhabs brought by arabs. in fact, > > > > the majority of muslims follow the shafi'i -- which is > brought by the > > qureishi imam. > > shafi'i's system of laws, for example,are used by all > > > muslims... since all schools use it. > > it's quite interesting when you > > look into all these > things. yes, definitely there were a > > lot more > > scholars who were non-arab. that is not the > argument at all. that is a > > > > reality in both number and interest. but the basic fact is > that arab > > thought amongst > > muslims travels way faster than the other way around. > > and > this is the natural process, > > perhaps, since arabs brought islam in > > the first place. the > discussion began with arab > > culture being > > mish-mashed with islam. it is interesting to > note that abu hanafi's > > > > work was really more (non-arabic) cultural and then enveloped > by > > islamic law. while the > > ottomans forced this thought on muslims during > > their > reign, folks had no pro > > blem putting them aside when therule > > fell. however, > shafi'i's more arabized islamic law was > > able to > > transform into 'pure' islam for most muslims. what > gives? > > > > > > afdhere > > >_______________________________________________ > > ProgressiveMuslims mailing > > list >[email protected] > > > > http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims > </div><br clear=all><hr> <a > > href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2749??PS=">Get business advice > and resources to improve your work > > life, from bCentral.</a> </html> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ProgressiveMuslims mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ProgressiveMuslims mailing list > [email protected] > http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims