Islamic enlightenment in the Saudi scene: its intellectual roots and its stance on legal issues

Some of those affiliated with Islam have inherited the concern for the renaissance and the necessity of catching up with the march of civilization, submitting to the requirements of the age and accepting a materialist interpretation of the revivalist meanings, in the face of a psychological defeat before contemporary material civilization and a strong desire to reach what has been achieved. And this was at the expense of Islamic law and its comprehensive and partial issues, as it became, under their proposals, in a position judged by the standards of civilization and its products. They launched a distortion of the law with bright slogans that play an important role in concealing this distortion and disguising it as renewal, and among these slogans is "Islamic Enlightenment." So what is the truth of this slogan? And what principles and ideas stand behind its formation? And what has it brought back to the law and its rulings? These are questions we try to answer in this paper. Authored by: Abdulwahab Abdullah Al-Ghidhis. Year of publication: 2013. Publishing house: Al-Tas'heel Center for Studies and Research. Number of pages: 142. Book format: Shamua paper.