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	Innovations of Islam

arifsali

4-10-2007 3:19 PM

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4-10-2007 4:08 PM

laceym

Notice that not much has happened since they became a theocracy.
Cause of the Decline

The main views on the causes of decline comprise the following: political mismanagement after the early Caliphs in the 8th century, closure of the gates of ijtihad (independent reasoning) in the 12th century and the institutionalization of taqleed (imitation) rather than ijtihad and creativity, foreign involvement by invading forces and colonial powers (11th, 13th and 19th centuries) and disruption to the cycle of equity (based on...

4-10-2007 4:20 PM

arifsali

Agreed, no argument there. The further decline is their unwillingness to accept that they declined.

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