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Islamic modernism, the journal Al-Manar
Rida argued that Islamic law is not frozen in its classical medieval form but can be reinterpreted by qualified scholars to meet the genuine needs of the modern world, provided such reform stays grounded in the Quran, Sunnah and the practice of the earliest Muslim community. Later in life he grew more cautious about Western influence and increasingly emphasized restoring a legitimate Caliphate as the framework for Muslim political unity.
Syrian-born scholar who settled in Cairo as the leading disciple of reformist thinker Muhammad Abduh, and spent decades publishing one of the era's most influential Islamic journals.