Sentence examples for moderate scholars from inspiring English sources

More surprising was that self-described politically conservative and moderate scholars also oppose unilateral withdrawal at high levels.

Even the very concept of clerical rule, the backbone of the Islamic republic, has become the subject of an open quarrel, as moderate scholars and clerics publish articles questioning whether the supreme leader derives legitimacy from the people or from God.

To counter extremist messages, the government also supervises the training of moderate scholars and preachers.

Thus activist critics, writers, and moderate scholars all need some way to react to and to conceive of literary history.

The Brotherhood has also banned Al Azhar moderate scholars from appearing in State Radio and TV and replaced them with their own religious preachers.

She also defended Ilham Tohti, a moderate scholar of China's Turkic Uighur ethnic minority who is now serving a life sentence on charges that include advocating separatism.

He called Mr. Qaradawi "a moderate scholar who contributed to combating extremism in Islamic thought" and noted that the organization had condemned the Toulouse shootings, according to Agence France-Presse.

Once his group identifies a radicalizing individual, he said, they would try to introduce them to "a moderate scholar who will tell them this is not the teachings of Islam".

He has lashed out at moderate Muslim scholars who accuse Al Qaeda of using false interpretations of the Koran to justify jihad.

But law enforcement officials and moderate Muslim scholars say that disengagement from society is what worries them most about the Tablighi Jamaat.

A separate programme has sought to combat jihadist ideas on the internet, by hiring moderate religious scholars to engage in debate on extremist chat sites.