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The Qur’an is not a body of law, and that, I think, is a statement that every Muslim will make. What is referred to today as Islamic law is a compilation of views expressed by law makers who lived well after the revelation of the Qur’an, well after the time of the Prophet. The interesting thing is that in the Qu’ran, for example, a lot of the things which I would refer to as punishment, are punishment as deterrent. The punishment itself is not the issue at stake

BBC Radio 4 Interview, Michael Charlton (London, United Kingdom) 1979-09-06

Posted August 31st, 2020 by librarian-hd
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His Highness The Aga Khan IV
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Michael Charlton: Your Highness, how did the Ismaili sect acquire its importance in the first place?

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