Is Dr. Farhad Shafti A Scholar
I agree with Faisal Haroon. Do your research then the moderators will be able to help you. Dr Khalid Abou Al Fadl is another brilliant scholar. It depends whose opinion meets your questions.
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If one would listen from this podcast episode of Dr. Shafti: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Zn3osBUysX4IMS36B10tw It somehow provides us the summary of his thought process. His understanding of the principle and ‘maqasid’ of the religion is heavily influenced by Ghamidi, despite hearing him quoting Khaled Abou el-Fadl and contextualizing Qur’an seemingly like Abdolkarim Soroush. I think he differs mainly only on the socio-political ‘form’ of the sharia. Like cutting off the hands of a thief. He followed the wisdom of the punishment similar to Ghamidi, but for him this form of punishment is ought to be abandoned over time. Whereas for Ghamidi sahab, I believe, the court can apply the same punishment as a maximum penal prescription keeping in perspective the argument that human society’s current penal system (i.e. Jail) does not achieve the ‘maqasid’.