Book - Maqasid al-Shariah : A Beginner’s Guide - author : Jasser Auda Current applications _or rather, misapplications_ of Islamic law are reductionist rather than holistic, literal rather than moral, one-dimensional rather than multidimensional, binary rather than multi-valued, deconstructionist rather than reconstructionist, and causal rather than teleological. There is lack of consideration and functionality of the overall purposes and underlying principles of the Islamic law as a whole. ...