Spirit of Islam · FATWA ACTIVISM

FATWA ACTIVISM

Spirit of Islam, Jan 2017, p. 21

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.

When a person fails to find a solution to the matter in the guidance available through deliberation in the Quran and Sunnah, he resorts to the gun of fatwa to reach his ends. without would be of no use. This is putting the cart before the horse. The only criterion for judging ‘fatwa activism’, or, for that matter, any other form of activism, is its efficacy in producing the expected results. Only those methods of activism are worthwhile that actually succeed in achieving their goals. Action must always be resultoriented. The present-form of ‘fatwa activism’ must be seen and evaluated in the light of this basic principle. o NOTICE Subscribers are requested to inform us about non-receipt of their copies, latest by 15th of the month, providing their full name and address. SMS 8050202626 email: thecentreforpeace@gmail.com A fresh copy will be promptly despatched.

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