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Amir Saemi, Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond: A New Problem of Evil, Oxford University Press, 2024, 256pp., $90.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780197686232.
Reviewed by Reza Hadisi, University of Toronto
Amir Saemi opens the book by presenting a formidable challenge for today’s religious progressives who accept the authority of ancient scriptures but find commands like the following morally objectionable:
As for the thief, whether male or female, cut their hands as a penalty for what they have reaped. (Quran 5:38)
The adulteress and the adulterer—whip each one of them a hundred lashes, and let no pity towards them overcome you regarding God’s Law, if you believe in God and the Last Day. And let a group of believers witness their punishment. (Quran 24:2)
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to…
