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“etty terem”

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  • Old Texts, New Practices

    Islamic Reform in Modern Morocco

    by Etty Terem ...
    In 1910, al-Mahdi al-Wazzani, a prominent Moroccan Islamic scholar completed his massive compilation of Maliki fatwas. An eleven-volume set, it is the most extensive collection of fatwas written and published in the Arab Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Al-Wazzani's legal opinions addressed practical concerns and questions: What are the ethical and legal duties ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

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    How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East

    by Timur Kuran ...
    How religious barriers stalled capitalism in the Middle EastIn the year 1000, the economy of the Middle East was at least as advanced as that of Europe. But by 1800, the region had fallen dramatically behind—in living standards, technology, and economic institutions. In short, the Middle East had failed to modernize economically as the West surged ahead. What caused this long divergence? And why ... Read more

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  • To Be a European Muslim

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    This book addresses some of the fundamental issues borne of the several million strong Muslim presence in Europe in our times. Based on a thorough study of Islamic sources, it seeks to answer basic questions about a European Muslim’s social, political, cultural and legal life as a practising Muslim while living together in multi-faith, pluralistic European nation states. ... Read more

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  • The Qur'an: Essential Teachings

    by Abdur Raheem Kidwai ...
    This work is intended to help readers gain a clear idea of the Qur'anic worldview, particularly the articles of Islamic faith, God-man relationship, religious duties and Islamic value system, bringing into sharper focus the God-oriented life as prescribed by Islam. ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • 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

  • Silenced

    How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide

    by Paul Marshall, Nina Shea ...
    Blasphemy accusations in the Muslim world are increasingly used as key tools by authoritarian governments and extremist forces to acquire and consolidate their power. These charges, which draw on disputed interpretations of Islamic law and carry a traditional punishment of death, have proved effective in crushing or intimidating not only converts and heterodox groups, but also political and ... Read more

    $48.59 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

  • Honour, Violence, Women and Islam

    Edited by Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Tahir Abbas ...
    Why are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This distinctively comparative collection examines the concept of HRV against women in general and Muslim women in particular. The issue of HRV has become a sensitive subject in many South Asian and Middle Eastern ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Sexual Violation in Islamic Law

    Substance, Evidence, and Procedure

    by Hina Azam ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
    This book provides a detailed analysis of Islamic juristic writings on the topic of rape and argues that classical Islamic jurisprudence contained nuanced, substantially divergent doctrines of sexual violation as a punishable crime. The work centers on legal discourses of the first six centuries of Islam, the period during which these discourses reached their classical forms, and chronicles the ... Read more

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  • 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

    $34.59 USD

  • Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law

    by Khaled Abou El Fadl ...
    Khaled Abou El Fadl's book represents the first systematic examination of the idea and treatment of political resistance and rebellion in Islamic law. Pre-modern jurists produced an extensive and sophisticated discourse on the legality of rebellion and the treatment due to rebels under Islamic law. The book examines the emergence and development of these discourses from the eighth to the fifteenth ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Shari'a and Muslim Minorities

    The wasati and salafi approaches to fiqh al-aqalliyyat al-Muslima

    by Uriya Shavit ...
    Series series Oxford Islamic Legal Studies
    Based on a comparative analysis of several hundred religio-juristic treatises and fatwas (religious decisions), Shari'a and Muslim Minorities: The Wasati and Salafi Approaches to Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat al-Muslima offers the most systematic and comprehensive study to date of fiqh al aqalliyyat al-Muslima - the field in Islamic jurisprudence that treats issues that are unique to Muslims living in ... Read more

    $107.99 USD