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New Muslim intellectuals bringing a scientific mindset to religious sciences
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Scholars with secular science or engineering educations are becoming new authorities in the religious sciences field, bringing a level of nuance and ambiguity that has not been present in the past. Many leading jihadists come from practical science and engineering backgrounds, rather than traditional Islamic scholarship.
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