Half of the story

Submitted by Sam Urquhart (United Kingdom), Apr 28, 2006 at 08:50

Prof. Pipes,

You only cover half of the times story. It also quotes a teacher at the school who says that "The idea is not to teach them jurisprudence because most of the fatwas of Muhaqiq are not actually conforming with the fatwa of our modern jurists. The idea is that they would be able to read classical texts and that is all.” He also says that the chapter on purity is left to the discretion of the teacher and can hardly be seen as a core element of the course.

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