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  • Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity

    by Wael B. Hallaq, Nathan J. Brown, Adel Omar Sherif, Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Nadia Yakoob (Fragomen, Bernsen & Loewy), Amen Mir, Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Barbara Stowasser, Zeinab Abul-Magd, Lama Abu-Odeh, Amira El-Azhary Sonbol, Del Rey (US) ...
    Since Europeans first colonized Arab lands in the 19th century, they have been pressing to have the area's indigenous laws and legal systems accord with Western models. Although most Arab states now have national codes of law that reflect Western influence, fierce internal struggles continue over how to interpret Islamic law, particularly in the areas of gender and family. From different ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

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  • Sharī'a

    Theory, Practice, Transformations

    by Wael B. Hallaq ...
    In recent years, Islamic law, or Shari'a, has been appropriated as a tool of modernity in the Muslim world and in the West and has become highly politicised in consequence. Wael Hallaq's magisterial overview of Shari'a sets the record straight by examining the doctrines and practices of Islamic law within the context of its history, and by showing how it functioned within pre-modern Islamic ... Read more

    $50.89 USD

  • Averroes on Plato's "Republic"

    by Averroes ...
    Translated by Ralph Lerner ...
    Series series Agora Editions
    "Because of the importance of Averroes (as a Muslim he is significant for both Platonic and Islamic thought), it is good to have Lerner's new and thoughtful interpretation, with lucid introduction, three helpful appendixes, glossary, and index."—Library Journal"This is a fine translation of a very difficult and important text, lost in its Arabic original but preserved in the awkward fourteenth ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Al-Muwatta

    Of Imam Malik Ibn Anas

    by Malik Ibn Anas ...
    Translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley ...
    The first formulation of Islamic Law based on the behaviour of the people of Madinah during the time of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the great Companions, Al-Muwatta is the blueprint for a just and radiant society: the earliest, clearest, cleanest record of salafi Islam. It is the first of the sahih works, long pre-dating al-Bukhari and Muslim. In addition, the Muwaṭṭa ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Islam and Free Speech

    by Andrew C McCarthy ...
    In January 2015, Muslim terrorists massacred cartoonists and writers at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, proclaiming to be avenging Islam’s prophet. The rampage, which included the murders of hostages at a kosher market, prompted global leaders and throngs of citizens to rally in support of free expression. But was the support genuine?In this Broadside, Andrew C. McCarthy ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition

    by Ayesha S. Chaudhry ...
    Series series Oxford Islamic Legal Studies
    Modern scholars of most major religious traditions, who seek gender egalitarian interpretations of their scriptural texts, confront a common dilemma: how can they produce interpretations that are at once egalitarian and authoritative, within traditions that are deeply patriarchal? This book examines the challenges and resources that the Islamic tradition offers to Muslim scholars who seek to ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Impossible State

    Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament

    by Wael Hallaq ...
    Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the "Islamic state," judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. Comparing the legal, political, moral, and constitutional histories of premodern Islam and Euro-America, he finds the adoption and practice of the modern state to be highly problematic for modern Muslims. He also ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • International Human Rights and Islamic Law

    by Mashood A. Baderin ...
    Series series Oxford Monographs in International Law
    This volume examines the important question of whether or not international human rights and Islamic law are compatible. It asks whether Muslim States can comply with international human rights law whilst adhering to Islamic law. The traditional arguments on this subject are examined and responded to from both international human rights and Islamic legal perspectives. The volume engages ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • Islamic Law and Society in the Sudan

    by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban ...
    Few studies exist which deal with Islamic law in practice, and this is among the first such studies in the English language for Islamic Africa. It is significant that the present study was completed just prior to the extension of Islamic law as the sole governing law in the Sudan in 1983, for it captures many essentials of the Shari’a as it has been applied for decades prior to this important ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Legal Authority in Premodern Islam

    Yahya B Sharaf Al-Nawawi in the Shafi'i School of Law

    by Fachrizal A. Halim ...
    Series series Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
    Offering a detailed analysis of the structure of authority in Islamic law, this book focuses on the figure of Yahyā b. Sharaf al-Nawawī, who is regarded as the chief contributor to the legal tradition known as the Shāfi'ī madhhab in traditional Muslim sources, named after Muhammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfi'ī (d. 204/820), the supposed founder of the school of law.Al-Nawawī’s legal authority is situated in ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • On British Islam

    Religion, Law, and Everyday Practice in Shariʿa Councils

    by John R. Bowen ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    On British Islam examines the history and everyday workings of Islamic institutions in Britain, with a focus on shariʿa councils. These councils concern themselves with religious matters, especially divorce. They have a higher profile in Britain than in other Western nations. Why? Taking a historical and ethnographic look at British Islam, John Bowen examines how Muslims have created distinctive ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Second Formation of Islamic Law

    The Hanafi School in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

    by Guy Burak ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
    The Second Formation of Islamic Law is the first book to deal with the rise of an official school of law in the post-Mongol period. The author explores how the Ottoman dynasty shaped the structure and doctrine of a particular branch within the Hanafi school of law. In addition, the book examines the opposition of various jurists, mostly from the empire's Arab provinces, to this development. By ... Read more

    $31.99 USD