Sentence examples for consensus of scholars from inspiring English sources

However, no single viewpoint can be said to represent a consensus of scholars in the field.

In modern Hebrew, "tekhelet" is the word for light blue, mirroring the consensus of scholars that the ancient color was most likely sky blue.

Uṣūl al-fiqh, in classical Islāmic theory, the four major sources from which law is derived: the Qurʾān; the sunna, or sunnah (practice of the Prophet as transmitted through his sayings); ijmāʿ (consensus of scholars); and qiyas (analogical deductions from these three).

The problem is that the slavery abolition voice from the Muslim world was not necessarily through the consensus of scholars, but rather the leader of nations as parties to the Slavery Conventions instead of scholars.

Historically, Islamic law is based on four sources: the Koran, the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, analogical reasoning and the consensus of religious scholars.

"Despite the virtually unanimous consensus of legal scholars and the overwhelming weight of legal precedent that waterboarding is illegal," the senators wrote, "certain Justice Department officials, operating behind a veil of secrecy, concluded that the use of waterboarding is lawful.

Much of what is loosely called sharia derives from other sources: the sunna (the teachings of the prophet); the ijma (the consensus of religious scholars); and the qiyas (legal reasoning).

The MCB and several others put out a joint statement on their website over the veil controversy: "The veil, irrespective of its specific juristic rulings is an Islamic practice and not a cultural or customary one as is agreed by the consensus of Muslim scholars.

(Whether he admits or not, it seems that Yusuf has already managed some evolution on the question of homosexuality; over a decade ago, Alternet quoted him as saying, "If one considers it acceptable in Islam, then he or she is not considered to be a Muslim by consensus of the scholars" — and it's unlikely that he'd have praised Kugle if he still felt that way).

But such is not the consensus of all scholars in the field of second language writing.

Stamatellos (2007: 102 103) suggests that Fragments 21 and 23 are authentic, but the overwhelming consensus of other scholars regards them as spurious (see Burkert 1972: 242 243, who refers to previous scholarship and Huffman 1993: 343 344).