European Islam and reform: a comparative study of the theologies of Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Tariq Ramadan

[摘要] This study investigates Yusuf al-Qaradawi’sand Tariq Ramadan’s conceptualizationsof European Islam centering on three thematic issues: “European-Muslim”identity and the role of Muslims in Europe, reform inIslampertainingtofiqhandIslamicethics,andthequestionofincompatibilityofShariawiththe European cultural system. It produces a detailed critique of the scholars’ positions, analyzes the ways in which their approaches overlap and differ from one another, evaluates the extent to which they take into account in their thinking the socio-political realities of Islam and Muslims in the West, and determines the feasibility of theirpropositionsin theEuropeancontext.Thestudyarguesthattheirapproachesare inhibited by impractical suggestions, rhetorical ambiguities, and unexplained gaps that leave room for disagreementbeyondthescopeofintra-Muslimdebate,butvariousothercomponentswithintheir thinkingcan be taken as buildingblocksthat can be assembledinto a more functionalmodel that is devoid of the inconsistencies and problems identified in the thesis. It recommends that future research on Islam and Muslims in the West inquire further into said limitations and produce a well-argued critique that can contribute to the contemporary Muslim discourse on European Islam and reform.

[发布机构] University:University of Birmingham;Department:School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion, Department of Theology and Religion

[关键词] B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion;BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc