This Arabic language lecture will be held at 4:30pm GMT
Jurisprudential discourses and rulings are often given precedence since they are seen to represent Shari士a. But Shari士a, as most Muslims see it, is entirely moral and can never justify any form of injustice. However, the understanding of Shari士a as an ethical system and the consequences resulting from that understanding remain limited among ordinary Muslims. Even if we assume a widespread understanding of Shari士a as an ethical system, we will still have several questions related to this ethical system with which we must grapple, including questions related to the nature and foundation of morality and the sources of moral judgment.
Understanding ethics and realizing its significance is one of the most salient topics in contemporary Islamic discourse. There is an urgent need to shift from the jurisprudential approach to the ethical approach in dealing with various normative issues, especially emerging ones. Serious engagement with questions of ethics in Islam requires formulating theories that connect and build on the ethical theories and norms found in various genres of Islamic disciplines in light of contemporary notions of justice and developments in moral philosophy.听听
An Islamic moral philosophy cannot be understood or developed by relying solely on sacred texts without examining the ontological and epistemological assumptions.听 Indeed, if we want to understand or critique any normative judgment, we will first need to understand the implicit assumptions of that judgment. Revealing the assumptions implicit in normative judgments, whether cognitive or metaphysical, is one of the issues dealt with 鈥 primarily 鈥 by 办补濒腻尘From Arabic, lit. 鈥楽peech, discussion, argument鈥, translated as philosophical theology, refers to theological reflection using rational philosophical argumentation to study and express the content of the faith in a coherent… theologians.听听
Dr Maram al-Attar seeks to critique these assumptions through engagement with the concepts and theories of classical 办补濒腻尘 (philosophical theology) while considering some contemporary approaches in moral philosophy.
Speaker
Mariam al-Attar
Senior Lecturer
Mariam al-Attar is a Senior Lecturer at the American University of Sharjah, teaching courses in Arabic heritage and Islamic philosophy. Her primary research interests include ethics in classical Arab-Islamic thought and modern and contemporary Arab moral philosophy.听听
Before her academic career, she worked as a physicist in hospitals in Jordan and the United Kingdom. Among her publications is the book Islamic Ethics: Divine Command Theory in Arabo-Islamic Thought (Routledge, London and New York, 2010). She has also published numerous articles and chapters on ethical questions, including ethics and gender equality in Islam, women and violence, moral pluralism, and food ethics and genetically modified foods.听
Convenor
Nuha Alshaar
Associate Professor
Dr Nuha Alshaar has a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Cambridge, MPhil in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge and an MA in African and Asian History the School of African and Asian Studies, SOAS. She has taught at various academic institutions in the UK, and the Arab world. Find out more on Dr Nuha Alshaar’s research and publications.
Arabic and Islamic History Lecture Series
This series provides a platform for scholars from the Arab and Islamic world to present their research in Arabic in order to make knowledge accessible to a wider audience.
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賲爻丕卅賱 賮賷 毓賱賲 丕賱賰賱丕賲 賵丕賱兀禺賱丕賯: 賲賯丕乇亘丞 賲毓丕氐乇丞
賰孬賷乇賸丕 賲丕 賷噩乇賷 鬲爻賵賷睾 丕賱禺胤丕亘丕鬲 賵丕賱兀丨賰丕賲 丕賱賮賯賴賷丞 亘賰賵賳賴丕 鬲賲孬賾賱 丕賱卮乇賷毓丞. 賵賱賰賳 丕賱卮乇賷毓丞貙 賰賲丕 賷乇丕賴丕 賲毓馗賲 丕賱賲爻賱賲賷賳貙 兀禺賱丕賯 賰賱賴丕 賵賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀亘丿丕 兀賳 鬲爻賵睾 兀賷 卮賰賱 賲賳 兀卮賰丕賱 丕賱馗賱賲. 賵賲毓 匕賱賰貙 賮廿賳 賮賻賴賿賲 丕賱卮乇賷毓丞 亘賵氐賮賴丕 賲賳馗賵賲丞 兀禺賱丕賯賷丞 賵丕賱賳鬲丕卅噩 丕賱賲鬲乇鬲亘丞 毓賱賶 匕賱賰 丕賱賮賻賴賿賲 鬲亘賯賶 賲丨丿賵丿丞 丕賱丕賳鬲卮丕乇 亘賷賳 毓丕賲丞 丕賱賲爻賱賲賷賳. 賵丨鬲賶 賱賵 丕賮鬲乇囟賳丕 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 賮賴賲 丕賱卮乇賷毓丞 亘賵氐賮賴丕 賲賳馗賵賲丞 兀禺賱丕賯賷丞 賮爻賷亘賯賶 賱丿賷賳丕 毓丿丞 兀爻卅賱丞 鬲鬲毓賱賾賯 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賲賳馗賵賲丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷丞 賱丕 亘丿賾 賲賳 丕賱丕卮鬲亘丕賰 賲毓賴丕 鈥 賵賴匕賴 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 鬲鬲毓賱賯 兀賷囟賸丕 亘胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯 賵賲氐丕丿乇 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷丞.
賷購毓丿 賮賻賴賿賲 賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯 賵廿丿乇丕賰 兀賴賲賷鬲賴丕 賲賳 兀賴賲 丕賱賯囟丕賷丕 賮賷 丕賱禺胤丕亘 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇. 賵賴賳丕賰 丨丕噩丞 賲賱丨丞 鬲丿毓賵賳丕 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賲賳 丕賱賲賯丕乇亘丞 丕賱賮賯賴賷丞 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賯丕乇亘丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷丞 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丕賱賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱賲毓賷丕乇賷丞 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賵禺丕氐丞 丕賱賲爻鬲噩丿丞 賲賳賴丕. 賵丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 丕賱噩丕丿 賲毓 賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯 賷鬲胤賱亘 氐賷丕睾丞 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 賲毓 丕賱賳馗乇賷丕鬲 賵丕賱賲毓丕賷賷乇 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷丞 丕賱賲亘孬賵孬丞 賮賷 賮乇賵毓 丕賱賲亘丕丨孬 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷丞 賵丕賱丕賳胤賱丕賯 賲賳賴丕貙 賵匕賱賰 賮賷 囟賵亍 丕賱鬲氐賵乇丕鬲 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞 賱賲賮丕賴賷賲 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 賵丕賱賲爻丕賵丕丞.
賱丕 賷賲賰賳賳丕 賮賴賲 賮賱爻賮丞 兀禺賱丕賯 廿爻賱丕賲賷丞 兀賵 鬲胤賵賷乇賴丕貙 亘丕賱丕賰鬲賮丕亍 亘丕賱賳氐賵氐 丕賱賲賯丿賾爻丞 賵丨丿賴丕 丿賵賳 丕賱鬲丿賯賷賯 賮賷 丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷丞 賵丕賱賲毓乇賮賷丞. 賵丕賱丨賯賾 兀賳賳丕 廿賳 兀乇丿賳丕 賮賴賲 兀賵 賳賯丿 兀賷 丨賰賲 賲毓賷丕乇賷貙 賮爻賳丨鬲丕噩 兀賵賱賸丕 廿賱賶 賮賴賲 丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 丕賱賲囟賲乇丞 賱匕賱賰 丕賱丨賰賲. 賵賰卮賮 丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 丕賱賲囟賲乇丞 賮賷 丕賱兀丨賰丕賲 丕賱賲毓賷丕乇賷丞貙 爻賵丕亍 賲賳賴丕 丕賱賲毓乇賮賷丞 賲賳賴丕 兀賵 丕賱賲賷鬲丕賮賷夭賷賯賷丞貙 賲賳 丕賱賲爻丕卅賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳丕賵賱賴丕 鈥 賮賷 丕賱賲賯丕賲 丕賱兀賵賱 鈥 毓賱賲丕亍 丕賱賰賱丕賲. 賲賳 賴賳丕 鬲爻毓賶 賲丿丕禺賱鬲賷 賴匕賴 廿賱賶 賳賯丿 賴匕賴 丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟丕鬲 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱丕卮鬲亘丕賰 賲毓 賲賮丕賴賷賲 賵賳馗乇賷丕鬲 毓賱賲 丕賱賰賱丕賲 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷 賲毓 丕賱兀禺匕 亘丕賱丕毓鬲亘丕乇 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賯丕乇亘丕鬲 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞 賮賷 賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯.
Speaker
賲乇賷賲 丕賱毓胤賾丕乇
賲丨丕囟乇丞 賲卮丕乇賰丞
賲乇賷賲 丕賱毓胤賾丕乇 賴賷 賲丨丕囟乇丞 賲卮丕乇賰丞 賮賷 丕賱噩丕賲毓丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷賾丞 賮賷 丕賱卮丕乇賯丞貙 丨賷孬 鬲丿賾乇爻 賲爻丕賯丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱鬲乇丕孬 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賵丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷丞. 鬲卮賲賱 丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲賴丕 丕賱亘丨孬賷丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯 賮賷 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱毓乇亘賷 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷 賮賷 丕賱毓氐賵乇 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丞貙 賵丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷 丕賱毓乇亘賷 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賵丕賱賲毓丕氐乇.
賯亘賱 賲爻賷乇鬲賴丕 丕賱兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丞貙 賰丕賳鬲 鬲毓賲賱 賰賮賷夭賷丕卅賷丞 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲卮賮賷丕鬲 丕賱兀乇丿賳賷丞 賵丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞. 賵賲賳 賲丐賱賮丕鬲賴丕 賰鬲丕亘 “丕賱兀禺賱丕賯 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷丞: 賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱廿賱賴賷 賮賷 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱毓乇亘賷 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷”貙 乇賵鬲賱賷丿噩貙 賱賳丿賳 賵賳賷賵賷賵乇賰貙 2010. 賰賲丕 賳卮乇鬲 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賲賯丕賱丕鬲 丨賵賱 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷丞 亘賲丕 賮賷 匕賱賰 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯 賵丕賱賲爻丕賵丕丞 亘賷賳 丕賱噩賳爻賷賳 賮賷 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲 賵丕賱賲乇兀丞 賵丕賱毓賳賮 賵賲爻兀賱丞 丕賱鬲毓丿賾丿賷丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷丞貙 賵兀禺賱丕賯賷丕鬲 丕賱睾匕丕亍 賵丕賱兀睾匕賷丞 丕賱賲毓丿賱丞 賵乇丕孬賷賸丕.
Convenor
賳购赖丕 丕賱卮毓賾丕乇
賳购赖丕 丕賱卮毓賾丕乇 丨丕夭鬲 毓賱賶 丿乇噩丞 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇丕赖 賮賷 噩丕賲毓丞 賰丕賲亘乇賷丿噩貙 賵赖賷 亘丕丨孬丞 賲卮丕乇賰丞 兀賵賱賶 賮賷 賲毓赖丿 丕賱丿乇丕爻丕鬲 丕賱廿爻賲丕毓賷賱賷丞 賮賷 賱賳丿賳貙 丨賷孬 鬲乇賰賾夭 毓賱賶 鬲賱賯賾賷 丕賱賯乇丌賳 賮賷 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱毓乇亘賷 丕賱賯丿賷賲貙 賵毓賱賶 鬲賯丕賱賷丿 丕賱鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱賯乇丌賳賷 賵兀禺賱丕賯賷丕鬲赖貙 賰賲丕 鬲丿乇賾爻 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱賮賰乇賷 賵丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷賷賳 賵賰匕賱賰 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱毓乇亘賷 賮賷 丕賱噩丕賲毓丞 丕賱兀賲賷乇賰賷丞 賮賷 丕賱卮丕乇賯丞 亘賲乇鬲亘丞 兀爻鬲丕匕丞 賲卮丕乇賰丞. 賲賳 兀毓賲丕賱赖丕 ) 2015 貙 亘丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞(貙 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 丕卮鬲乇賰鬲 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘鬲赖 賲毓 亘丕丨孬賷賳 丌禺乇賷賳 毓賳 丕賱賱赖 賵丕賱毓丕賱賲: 胤亘毓丞 賳賯丿賷丞 毓乇亘賷丞 賵鬲乇噩賲丞 廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞 賱乇爻丕卅賱 廿禺賵丕賳 丕賱氐賮丕亍 49 鈥 51 )賲胤亘毓丞 噩丕賲毓丞 兀賰爻賮賵乇丿貙 2019 貙 亘丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞(貙賰賲丕 丨乇賾乇鬲 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賯乇丌賳 賵丕賱兀丿亘: 鬲卮賰賷賱 丕賱鬲賯丕賱賷丿 丕賱兀丿亘賷丞 賮賷 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲 丕賱賯丿賷賲)賲胤亘毓丞 噩丕賲毓丞 兀賰爻賮賵乇丿貙 2017 貙 亘丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞( 賵賰鬲丕亘 賲氐丕丿乇 賵賲賯丕乇亘丕鬲 ) 2013 貙 亘丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞(. 賵鬲賯賵賲 丨丕賱賷賸丕 亘廿毓丿丕丿 胤亘毓丞 毓乇亘賷丞 賵鬲乇噩賲丞 廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞 賱賲禺胤賵胤丞 賯亘胤賷丞 鬲丨鬲賵賷 毓賱賶 賲賳丕馗乇丞 亘賷賳 乇丕赖亘賷賳 賲爻賷丨賷賷賳 賵乇丕亘丕賷 賮賷 亘賱丿丞 鬲賲賷 丕賱兀賲丿賷丿 賮賷 賲氐乇. 賳赖賶 丕賱卮毓賾丕乇 禺乇賾賷噩丞 丕賱兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷丞 賱賱亘丕丨孬賷賳 丕賱卮亘丕亘 賮賷 丕賱毓賱賵賲 賵丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丕鬲.听
爻賱爻賱丞購 賲購丨丕囟乇丕鬲賽 丕賱鬲賾賻丕乇賷禺 丕賱毓乇亘賷賾 賵丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷賾: 丕賱賮賰乇 賵丕賱孬賾賻賯丕賮丞 賵丕賱賲購噩鬲賲毓
鬲鬲賳丕賵賱 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賲噩賲賵毓丞賸 賵丕爻毓丞賸 賲賳 丕賱賲賵丕囟賷毓 賮賷 丕賱鬲賾賻丕乇賷禺 丕賱賮賰乇賷賾 賵丕賱孬賾賻賯丕賮賷賾 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷賾 賮賷 丕賱爻賷丕賯丕鬲 丕賱毓乇亘賷賾丞 賵丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷賾丞. 賵鬲卮賲賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲賵丕囟賷毓 丕賱丿賾賽乇丕爻丕鬲 丕賱賲購鬲毓賱賾賯丞 亘丕賱鬲賾賻丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱孬賾賻賯丕賮丞 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷賾丞貙 賵丕賱賯乇丌賳貙 賵丕賱鬲賾賻賯丕賱賷丿 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷賾賻丞 賵丕賱兀丿亘賷賾賻丞 丕賱睾賳賷賾賻丞 亘賷賳賻 丕賱卮毓賵亘 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷賾丞 丕賱賲鬲賳賵賾賽毓丞. 鬲購賵賮賾賽乇 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賲賳氐賾賻丞 賱賱亘丕丨孬賷賳 賲賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱毓乇亘賷賾 賵丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷賾 賱賽鬲賯丿賷賲 兀亘丨丕孬賴賲 亘丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷賾丞 亘賴丿賻賮賽 噩毓賱 丕賱賲賻毓乇賽賮丞 賮賷 賲購鬲賻賳丕賵賱賽 噩賲賴賵乇賺 兀賵爻毓. 賵賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賯賷賻丕賲 亘匕賱賰貙 鬲丿毓賲 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 噩賴賵丿 賲毓赖丿賽 丕賱丿賾賽乇丕爻丕鬲 丕賱廿爻賲丕毓賷賱賷賾丞 賮賷 鬲毓夭賷夭 丕賱鬲賾賻毓丕賵賳 丕賱兀賰丕丿賷賲賷賾 賵丕賱丿賾購賵賱賷賾貙 賵丕賱賲購卮丕乇賰丞 賲毓 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓丕鬲賽 丕賱賲丨賱賷賾丞貙 賵賳卮乇賽 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞. 丕賱賴丿賻賮 丕賱兀賵爻毓 賲賳賿 賴匕賴賽 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賴賵 鬲賻爻賱賷胤購 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷賾丞 賰賻賱購睾丞賺 兀爻丕爻賷賾丞 賱賱禺胤丕亘賽 丕賱兀賰丕丿賷賲賷賾賽 賵丕賱丨賽賵丕乇.
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