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Ijma
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Ijma 

(Arabic, “consensus”), in Sunni Islam, a consensus of the experts of the sharia on individual religious, legal, and everyday questions, the answer to which can not be based on the Koran and the Sunna. Ijma became one of the four foundations (roots) of the Muslim system of law. The canonical text of the Koran, the collections of the hadiths, and a number of dogmas and festivals were confirmed by means of consensus.



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From Tamil Nadu to Toledo, Ohio, women scholars, activists, and community leaders--and the men who support them--are challenging traditional interpretations of Islamic law by going back to the four cornerstones of the law: the Quran (the holy book of Islam), the Sunnah (the traditions and sayings of the prophet), ijma' (consensus of scholars), and qiyas (analogical deductions from the three).
 
 
 
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