#Historical Critical Methor

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Is Islamic Traditionalism rational and relevant? 

It is understandable why some Muslims view the modern/Western academic study of Islam with suspicion, while others look down on traditionalist study as some relic of the past. Both mindsets are, at some level, justified, and both are reductionist. It is wrong to assert that it must be one or the other way, for both have pros and cons.  Traditional study is the bedrock of a Muslim’s Islamic…