Issues in Contemporary Islamic Though

Abstract

Dr. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani, former President of International Institute of Islamic Thought, U.S.A., is an eminent Islamic scholar, jurist and specialist in Usul. He is also founder-member of the Council of the Muslim World League, a member of the International Fiqh Academy, and the president of the Fiqh Council of North America. Born in Iraq in 1935, Dr. Al-Alwani studied in Al Azhar University and obtained doctorate in Usul al Fiqh in 1973. He served as a Professor of Usil al Fiqh at the Imam Muhammad bin Saud University in Riyadh.