Proponents of nearly all varieties of Islamic legal thinking--mu'tazila, ahl-al-hadith, and usuli alike--found intellectual homes in Al Azhar.
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Abou El Fadl insists that his usuli tradition naturally leads Islam to an ethical humanism--a set of ideas about justice and beauty that help to achieve God's will.
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