Interpretations of Extra-Marital Sex
A State Islamic University of Yogyakarta student in his dissertation concluded, extra-marital sexual relations do not violate Islamic law. In the end he had to revise his position for being too controversial.
Dody Hidayat
September 10, 2019
A pile of books he used for reference was made ready by Abdul Aziz to receive Tempo, on Wednesday, September 4. The lecturer on Islamic Marriage Law in the Sharia (Islamic law) Department of the State Islamic Institute Surakarta, Central Java, turned instantly notorious for his dissertation which posited that extra-marital sexual relations do not violate Islamic law. “The Nahwa Ushul Jadidah li al-Fiqh tome written by Muhammad Syahr
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