Objectives of Shari'a for Handling Contemporary Challenges

Dr. Jasser Auda Speaker’s biography: Dr. Jasser Auda is Chair of Maqasid Studies at the International Peace College South Africa, the Executive Director of the Maqasid Institute, a global think tank based in London, and a Visiting Professor of Islamic Law at Carleton University in Canada. He is a Founding and Board Member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, Fellow of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India, and General Secretary of Yaqazat Feker, a popular youth organization in Egypt. He has a PhD in the philosophy of Islamic law from University of Wales in the UK, and a PhD in systems analysis from University of Waterloo in Canada. This episode is a brief section of Dr. Jasser Auda’s speech at the Muslim American Society and the Islamic Circle of North America 16th Annual Convention in Chicago. Objectives of the Islamic Shari’a involve approaching Islam based on guidelines set forth by Allah’s guidance. Understanding these objectives allows us to handle contemporary daily life challenges, bringing truth to the Arabic proverb: Islam is fit for all times and places. Dr. Jasser Auda emphasises on five elements: the objectives, the concepts, the universal laws, the values, and the rules in order to reconstruct the fiqh (jurisprudence) for contemporary challenges.

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