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Averroes and al-Ghazali | The New Thinkery Ep. 1

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How to Interpret Quranic Verses

Alex Jones: I think all of these limitations that Verui's puts on interpretation, I think you'll see that they're all problematic. You're not allowed to interpret anything where science, dialectics, and rhetoric all agree. If this manner of apparent sense refers to the roots of the law, the one who interprets it would be an unbeliever. He says such a statement is intended only to safeguard people from one another in what pertains to their bodies and physical senses. And so, there's your interpretation doesn't guide every kind of Quranic verse for what it's worth. Do you want to go through that one? Because I like comparing this with a later passage as well

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