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• Interpreting The Qur'an : Toward a Contemporary Approach
  The book that is presented here, written by Abdullah Saeed, is another manifestation of this tendency, and is a particularly striking one. Using the tools of historical-critical scholarship to analyse the resources of the Muslim tradition, Saeed sets forth a model of Qur∞ånic interpretation that is solidly scholarly and, at the same time, relevant to the central concerns of the Muslim community. The knowledge of the past provided by scholarly tools allows for interpretations to be put forth that have a solid grounding in a firmly understood and well-documented Muslim world view. This respect for that past and the willingness to learn from it are the central marks of the approach and are what put it at such a distance from studies that are often termed Salaf⁄ or ‘fundamentalist’ with their rhetorical denial of the value of the cumulative development of the community through history. Gone, too, is the customary alibi of scholarship that pretends that the work undertaken by academics is just ‘there’, to be accepted or rejected by the Muslim community with no value judgement or even concern attached to the impact of the study.