Islamic doctrine is contested within the mosque movement over how principles apply in practice

Evidence

Note that in making these counterarguments, Maryam does not challenge the principle of female modesty as divinely ordained, but contests the daeiyat’s ideas regarding how this principle should be lived in practice. Key to Maryam’s argument is her insistence that the injunction to avoid interactions with men should be contextualized: not only should one’s moral character be taken into account when determining the manner in which one interacts with the opposite sex, but also the conditions under which the Quranic verses used to regulate such interactions were revealed. — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 722

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Category: Factual Claims

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