Locating the Sharīʿa : Legal Fluidity in Theory, History and Practice /

The study of the sharīʿa has enjoyed a renaissance in the last two decades and it will continue to attract interdisciplinary attention given the ongoing social, political and religious developments throughout the Muslim world. With such a variety of debates, and a corresponding multitude of theoreti...

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Other Authors: Siddiqui, Sohaira (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society 48.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386341.

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Call Number: BP161

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Reflections on the Study of the Sharīʿa
  • The Roots of Persuasion and the Future of Sharīʿa /
  • Khaled Abou El Fadl
  • Sectarianism and Integration /
  • Robert Gleave
  • Gender and Legal Fluidity /
  • Marion Katz
  • Translating The Fatigue of the Sharīʿa /
  • Ahmad Atif Ahmad
  • Study of the Sharīʿa in the Classical Period
  • Qurʾānic Jihād Refracted through a Juridical Lens /
  • Asma Afsaruddin
  • Al-Ḥadīth al-Mashhūr /
  • Sohail Hanif
  • Taking a Theological Turn in Legal Theory /
  • Dale J. Correa
  • Maṣlaḥa as a Normative Claim of Islamic Jurisprudence /
  • Rami Koujah
  • Study of the Sharīʿa in the Modern and Contemporary Periods
  • A Conservative Jurist's Approach to Legal Change /
  • Salman Younas
  • Legislating Morality and Other Illusions about Islamic Government /
  • Asifa Quraishi-Landes
  • Relocating Dār al-Islām /
  • Sarah Albrecht
  • Religion, Politics, and the Anxiety of Contemporary Maṣlaḥa Reasoning /
  • David H. Warren
  • Whither Islam? /
  • Ovamir Anjum
  • Back Matter
  • Index.