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This book is an intellectual biography of Muhammad al-Shawkani, one of the founding fathers of Islamic reformism, and a history of the transition from traditional Shiism to Sunni reformism in pre-modern Yemen. The book demonstrates how Shawkani's ideas remain of central importance to modern Islamic thinking.Haykel, Bernard is the author of 'Revival and Reform in Islam The Legacy of Muhammad Al-Shawkani' with ISBN 9780521816281 and ISBN 0521816289.
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