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The conditions created by the reform story I sketched in chapter seven continue to be debated. Hallaq’s reading of the nature and results of this reform introduces the idea of the death of the Shari‘a as a result of epistemic, social, and institutional discontinuity—attested in many aspects of Muslim life today. I have both partial approval of (and quarrel with) this thesis.
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Ahmad, A.A. (2012). Neglected Knowledge. In: The Fatigue of the Shari‘a. Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137015006_10
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