Re-forming the knot-Abdullah al-Ghumari's : iconoclastic Sunni neo-traditionalism
Other Title(s)
الشيخ عبد الله الغماري : أراءه و تعامله مع التراث و الحداثة
Author
Source
Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies
Issue
Vol. 36, Issue 1 (31 Jul. 2018), pp.201-216, 16 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-07-31
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This article studies the life and thought of Abdullah al-Ghumari (d.
1413/1993), an accomplished, yet uncelebrated, Muslim scholar from Morocco.
After a brief biographical sketch, I present an overview of his thought (including numerous nonconformist views he held) in the fields of theology, law and Sufism.
I proceed to analyze his methodology and what it tells us about his interaction with modernity and the Islamic scholarly tradition.
Finally, I draw some more general conclusions about Islam in modernity, in light of the views of contemporary French sociologist Hervieu-Leger.
I infer that Ghumari was a nonconformist thinker who leveraged a broad understanding of tradition to remold or revive the tradition from within.
The early-modern milieu may have contributed to and facilitated his attempts to restore dynamism to a religious scholarly tradition that had in some ways at least become static or stagnant.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lahir, Suhayl Ismail. 2018. Re-forming the knot-Abdullah al-Ghumari's : iconoclastic Sunni neo-traditionalism. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies،Vol. 36, no. 1, pp.201-216.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-885621
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lahir, Suhayl Ismail. Re-forming the knot-Abdullah al-Ghumari's : iconoclastic Sunni neo-traditionalism. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies Vol. 36, no. 1 (Jul. 2018), pp.201-216.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-885621
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lahir, Suhayl Ismail. Re-forming the knot-Abdullah al-Ghumari's : iconoclastic Sunni neo-traditionalism. Journal of College of Shariaa and Islamic Studies. 2018. Vol. 36, no. 1, pp.201-216.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-885621
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 214-216
Record ID
BIM-885621