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Comparisons of Mainsteam Sunnism, Salafism, Jihadist Salafism and progresive Islam


BASED ON THE REFERENCES IN MY PUBLICATIONS AND READINGS. MOST FROM  HERE

At the level of Fundamentals


Source
Mainstream sunnism( based on sixth hijri version )
Salafism
Jihadist salafism
Progressive Islam
Quran interpretation
Semi- textualist
Heavily textualist
 Heavily textualist
Heavily contextualist
Sunna
Hadith dependent
Hadith dependent; ittiba' based
Hadith dependent;
ittiba' based
 sunna independent of Hadith  ;rationalist; dynamics and ethico-values driven
Ijtihad
Operates within the 4 source heavily textualist hermeneutics; taqlid based 
Operates within the 4 source hiraerchy; heavily textualist hermeneutics ; ittiba' based
Operates within the 4 source hierarchy heavily textualist hermeneutics; ittiba' based 
Operates outside 4 source hierarchy of mainstream sunni ulul ul fiqh
Maqasid al sharia
Heavily textualist
Heavily textualist
Heavily textualist
Heavily contextualist
Epistemology
Premodern and heavily textualist
Premodern and heavily textualist
Premodern and heavily textualist
Modern , contextualist  and rationalist
Approach to ulum ul hadith
Premodern , heavily textualist
Premodern, heavily textualist
Premodern, heavily textualist
 Inclusive of premodern but applied  also modern sources and in line with above 
theology
Ash’ari cum Maturidi
Hanbali /fideistic
Hanbali fideasitc
Rationalist
Ethics
Ethical voluntarism
Ethical voluntarism
Ethical voluntarism
Ethical objectivism


At the level of Concepts /legal determinations



Concept /legal
Mainstream Sunnism
Salafism
Jihadist Salafism
Progressive Islam
Caliphate
Premodern ( bay’a to ruler elected  on basis of traditional shura principles; patriarchal, elitist undemocratic; mainly quietist
Premodern ( bay’a to ruler elected  on basis of traditional shura principles, patriarchal, elitist undemocratic;questist
Premodern,
 ( bay’a to ruler elected  on basis of traditional shura principles, patriarchal, elitist undemocratic; revolutionaly 
Modern  ( compatibility with  constitutional democracy principles)
Criminal law and ethics ( apostasy, theft, zina,homosexuality)
Premodern hudud;can not evolve; might be suspended under certain circumstances
Premodern hudud  
Premodern hudud
Rationalist,contextualist  and in accordance with modern ethical sensibilities ( considered Islamic)
Human rights
Premodern; can't evolve 
Premodern ; cannon evolve
Premodern;cannot evolve ,
Modern, rationalist and contextualist ; can evolve
Gender issues in Islamic law and ethics
Premodern; largely fixed 
Premodern; completely fixed 
premodern; completely fixed 
 Modern, rationalist and contextualist ; can evolve
al wala wa l bara
millet based saved sect Muslims only in group muslims only nonconfessional 
Slavery
Legal until late 20th century  based on ‘scholarly consensus’ and pressure from outside of tradition
Legal and valid
Legal and valid
Illegal and unislamic
Jihad
Premodern (  basis for engaging in war   - in Shafi and some Hanbali- kufr ; Hanafi and Maliki – aggression on Muslims
Offshoot of Shafi’I and Hanbali
Offshoot of Shafi’i and Hanbali
Builds on Hanafi and Maliki and goes beyond
takfir
relatively infrequent but present ( e.g. Ghazali against  Islamic philosophers)
more  prone to takfir
very prone to takfir
endorse religious pluralism and very abstract and non confessional concept of a muslim /mu'min

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