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Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee was an Indian educator, jurist, author, diplomat, and Islamic scholar who is considered one of leading pioneers of modern Ismaili studies. He also served as India's second ambassador to Egypt from 1949 to 1952, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jammu and Kashmir from 1957 to 1960.His best-known literary work is Outlines of Muhammadan law, which states that "in order to understand Islamic law, one has to be familiar with historic and cultural background of the law". He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan award by the President of India in 1962, India's third highest civilian award. In his writings, Fyzee advocates the need to incorporate modern reforms in Islamic law without compromising on the "essential spirit of Islam". Fyzee was the grandson of Budruddin Tyabji and a member of the notable Tyabji family. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. April 1899 – 23. October 1981
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“Such gradual modifications, even of the rules of Shariah do not destroy the essential truth of the faith of Islam. On a truer and deeper examination of the matter, it will be found that certain portions of the Shariah constitute only an outer crust which enclose a kernel—the central core of Islam—which can be preserved intact only by re-interpretation and restatement in every age and in every epoch of civilization. The responsibility to determine afresh what are the durable and what the changeable elements in Islam rests on us at the present time. The conventional theology of the Ulema does not satisfy the minds and the outlook of the present century. A re-examination, re-interpretation, reformulation and restatement of the essential principles of Islam is a vital necessity of our age.”

Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee

Arun Shourie - The World of Fatwas Or The Sharia in Action (2012, Harper Collins)

“‘It is necessary to add,’... ‘that true Islam cannot thrive without freedom of thought in every single matter, in every single doctrine, in every single dogma.’”

Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee

Arun Shourie - The World of Fatwas Or The Sharia in Action (2012, Harper Collins)

“‘It closes the Gate of Interpretation. It lays down that legists and jurisconsults are to be divided into certain categories and no freedom of thought is allowed.’”

Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee

Arun Shourie - The World of Fatwas Or The Sharia in Action (2012, Harper Collins)

“‘The greatest gift of the modern world to man is freedom,’... ‘—freedom to think, freedom to speak, freedom to act.’”

Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee

Arun Shourie - The World of Fatwas Or The Sharia in Action (2012, Harper Collins)

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