ISBN:
9780804769303
,
9780804756396
,
0804756392
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 249 S.
DDC:
340.5/9
Keywords:
Islamic law Interpretation and construction
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Islamisches Recht
;
Islamisches Recht
Abstract:
This volume presents ten leading scholars' writings on contemporary Islamic law and Muslim thought. The essays examine a range of issues, from modern Muslim discourses on justice, natural law, and the common good, to democracy, the social contract, and "the authority of the preeminent jurist." Changes in how Shari'a has been understood over the centuries are explored, as well as how it has been applied in both Sunni and Shi'i Islam. Debates on the nature, interpretation, reform, and application of Shari'a lie at the core of all Islamist revivalist ideologies and movements of the past two centuries. The demand for the implementation of Shari'ba is one of the hallmarks of Islamic fundamentalism, and Shari'a has become one of the most controversial and politicized concepts in Muslim-majority countries today. This will be one of the first books to examine how Muslims understand and apply Shari'a in contemporary societies.--Publisher description
Note:
Justice in modern Islamic thought
,
Justice in modern Islamic thought
,
The harmony of natural law and Shari'a in Islamist theology
,
Islamic law and legal change : the concept of maṣlaḥa in classical and contemporary Islamic legal theory
,
ʻAllāl al-Fāsī : Shari'a as blueprint for righteous global citizenship?
,
Shari'a and Islamic democracy in the age of al-Jazeera
,
From ijtihād to wilāyat-i faqīh : the evolution of the Shiite legal authority to political power
,
Shiite theories of social contract
,
Shari'a and constitution in Iran : a historical perspective
,
The normativity of the factual : on the everyday construction of Shari'a in a Yemeni family court
,
The harmony of natural law and Shari'a in Islamist theology
,
Islamic law and legal change : the concept of maṣlaḥa in classical and contemporary Islamic legal theory
,
ʻAllāl al-Fāsī : Shari'a as blueprint for righteous global citizenship?
,
Shari'a and Islamic democracy in the age of al-Jazeera
,
From ijtihād to wilāyat-i faqīh : the evolution of the Shiite legal authority to political power
,
Shiite theories of social contract
,
Shari'a and constitution in Iran : a historical perspective
,
The normativity of the factual : on the everyday construction of Shari'a in a Yemeni family court
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007014097.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007014097-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007014097-d.html
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