LEGITIMIZING BELIEF IN GOD THROUGH SCIENCE, REASON, AND REVELATION: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED LECTURES BY PROF DR MUHAMMAD TAHIR-UL-QADRI
This study examines how belief in God is linguistically legitimized in Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri’s Urdu lecture series Khuda Ko Kyun Manain, Mazhab Ko Kyun Apnain? Lectures1, 4 and 6 were selected through criterion-based purposive sampling for qualitative analysis using van Leeuwen's legitimation framework. These lecture...