402 | Why do Scholars Fear to confront the S.I.N. with Dr Jay Smith

Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue their discussion from last time on
Shoemaker book Creating the Quran. This time they reveal the
names of two scholars that were responsible for censoring what
can be said about the Quran and Islam:  1. Wilfred Cantrell
Smith; he gave the approach of how scholars should deal with
Islamic material.  He concluded that if any valid
understanding of the Quran, one must approach the text as a
believing Muslim would, and seek to understand it on that
basis.  2. Mircea Eliade from the university of
Chicago.  These two scholars concluded that any study of
Islam must be based on personal experience of Muslims.  In
other words Muslims have to give their stamp of approval. 
The problem with this approach is that it is not a true scholarly
approach.


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