Speaking for Islam : religious authorities in Muslim societies /

Who speaks for Islam? To whom do Muslims turn when they look for guidance? To what extent do individual scholars and preachers exert religious authority, and how can it be assessed? The upsurge of Islamism has lent new urgency to these questions, but they have deeper roots and a much longer history,...

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Other Authors: Krämer, Gudrun., Schmidtke, Sabine.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia 100.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004223059.

Subjects:

Authority > Religious aspects > Islam.

Islamic law > Islamic countries.

Muslim scholars > Islamic countries.

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