Locating the Sharīʿa

Legal Fluidity in Theory, History and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-37710-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 48, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

The study of the shari'a 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 theoretical methods, students and non-scholars are often overwhelmed by the complexity of the field. Even experts will often need to consult multiple sources to understand these new voices and provide accessible answers to specialist and non-specialist audiences alike. This volume is intended for both the novice and expert as a companion to understanding the evolution of the field of Islamic law, the current work that is shaping this field, and the new directions the shari'a will take in the twenty-first/fifteenth century.

Contributors are Khaled Abou El Fadl, Asma Afsaruddin Ahmad Ahmad, Sarah Albrecht, Ovamir Anjum, Dale Correa, Robert Gleave, Sohail Hanif, Rami Koujah, Marion Katz, Asifa Quraishi-Landes, David Warren and Salman Younas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siddiqui, Sohaira

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Part 1: Reflections on the Study of the Shari¯'a

1 The Roots of Persuasion and the Future of Shari'a

Khaled Abou El Fadl

2 Sectarianism and Integration

Contemporary Categories and the Prospects for Islamic Legal Studies

Robert Gleave

3 Gender and Legal Fluidity

Marion Katz

4 Translating The Fatigue of the Shari¯'a

Ahmad Atif Ahmad

Part 2: Study of the Shari¯'a in the Classical Period

5 Qur'anic Jiha¯d Refracted through a Juridical Lens

An Exercise in Realpolitik

Asma Afsaruddin

6 Al-Hadith al-Mashhur

A Hanafi Reference to Kufan Practice?

Sohail Hanif

7 Taking a Theological Turn in Legal Theory

Regional Priority and Theology in Transoxanian Hanafi Thought

Dale J. Correa

8 Maslaha as a Normative Claim of Islamic Jurisprudence

The Legal Philosophy of al-'Izz b. 'Abd al-Salam

Rami Koujah

Part 3: Study of the Shari¯'a in the Modern and Contemporary Periods

9 A Conservative Jurist’s Approach to Legal Change

Ashraf 'Ali al-Thanawi on Women’s Political Rule

Salman Younas

10 Legislating Morality and Other Illusions about Islamic Government

Asifa Quraishi-Landes

11 Relocating Dar al-Islam

Contemporary Islamic Perspectives on Territoriality

Sarah Albrecht

12 Religion, Politics, and the Anxiety of Contemporary Maslaha Reasoning

The Production of a Fiqh al-Thawra after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

David H. Warren

13 Whither Islam?

Western Islamic Reform and Discursive Density

Ovamir Anjum

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sohaira Z.M. Siddiqui is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar. She has published the book Law and Politics under the Abbasids: An Intellectual Portrait of al-Juwayni, and numerous articles in journals such as the Journal of Islamic Studies, Islamic Law and Society, and The Journal of the American Oriental Society.