8 April 2005 11:08, by Nur
Dr. Ramadan lays out his assessment and reasons for this call: namely that while the hudud are textually based, their interpretations are diverse, conditions of applications are stringent, and current applications are unfair in the socio-political context of today?s Muslim world. He explicitly states that Shari?a is a path to faithfulness/a way of life of which the hudud are but the limits or boundaries. He re-affirms his faithfulness to Shari’a and his respect for hudud not only by accepting their textual bases, but by demanding adherence to the objectives/intentions behind them; (...)