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The Broken Chain

Author(s):

Aftab Ahmad Malik

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£9.99

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Pages:

210

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Edition:

2001

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0954054407

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What is implied by “traditional” Islam and how does it differ from other readings of Islam? How did the salaf and the khalaf understand and categorise “knowledge” and how does it differ from “information?” What is the importance of an "isnad" and what significance does it have in relation to authority? Are scholastic differences a sign of disunity or a manifestation of divine benevolence?

In The Broken Chain, Aftab Ahmad Malik explores history, medieval scholastic discussions and the cen...

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"This book raises important issues facing Muslims in the West, who have to face universities where their local MSA's are filled with books and other material that are often financed by the petro-dollar or from Muslim movements greatly influenced by the western paradigm of "education."

Haroon Ali Agha,MSA McGill University (Canada)

"University campuses are rife with self-styled mini-ulama, angry young people whohave read a few books on Islam coupled with modern technology of searchable databases of the sacred texts and the Internet. They are then deluded into thinking that they have properly read and understood the works and are qualified to give opinions onthem and other issues...Aftab Malik shows concisely and clearly that knowledge must be obtained from a living scholar and thereby reconnecting the "Broken Chain" and becoming part of the "Unbroken Chain&

Masud.co.uk

"How many young Muslims have rediscovered their faith only to find themselves caught up in a sectarian whirlwind at university, college or the local mosque? We have all encountered the resultant perversions of this uninformed bickering: spiritual burnout, intellectually incoherent inclusivity, cultic superiority, the misapprehension of anger as sincerity and the rise of the amateur mujtahid. And herein lies the significance of The Broken Chain, a mature first fruit of reflection upon sectarian fitna in Britain that seeks to re

Abu Sulayman, Q-News Magazine

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