Abstract:

Today, Islamic thought has a special status. Because many Muslim or non-Muslim thinkers and researchers consider important it. As for renewal (tecdit), it represents one of the important cultural and intellectual fields that reflect efforts of the contemorary researchers in Islamic thought. In this field, books are published, lectures are gived and symposiums are arranged. This article firstly is written to define renewal and Islamic thought and to determine their boundaries; to explain renewal’s legitimacy and necessity in Islamic thought at the present time and to introduce the fields and religious basics of renewal. Islamic rules lead Islamic society to a course that promises enlightening and balanced idea. This article also aims what renewal take part with regard this topic.

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