EUR  â¬142.80EUR  â¬119.00 excl. VAT
Locating the ShariÌÊ¿a
Legal Fluidity in Theory, History and Practice
Series: - Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Volume: 48
Editor:
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 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 sharīʿa 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.
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.
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.
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 The Roots of Persuasion and the Future of Sharīʿa
âKhaled Abou El Fadl
2 Sectarianism and Integration
Contemporary Categories and the Prospects for Islamic Legal Studies
âRobert Gleave
3 Gender and Legal Fluidity
âMarion Katz
4 Translating The Fatigue of the ShariÌÊ¿a
âAhmad Atif Ahmad
5 QurʾÄnic JihaÌd Refracted through a Juridical Lens
An Exercise in Realpolitik
âAsma Afsaruddin
6 Al-Ḥadīth al-Mashhūr
A Ḥanafī Reference to Kufan Practice?
âSohail Hanif
7 Taking a Theological Turn in Legal Theory
Regional Priority and Theology in Transoxanian Ḥanafī Thought
âDale J. Correa
8 Maṣlaḥa as a Normative Claim of Islamic Jurisprudence
The Legal Philosophy of al-Ê¿Izz b. Ê¿Abd al-SalÄm
âRami Koujah
9 A Conservative Juristâs Approach to Legal Change
Ashraf Ê¿AlÄ« al-ThÄnawÄ« on Womenâs Political Rule
âSalman Younas
10 Legislating Morality and Other Illusions about Islamic Government
âAsifa Quraishi-Landes
11 Relocating DÄr al-IslÄm
Contemporary Islamic Perspectives on Territoriality
âSarah Albrecht
12 Religion, Politics, and the Anxiety of Contemporary Maṣlaḥa Reasoning
The Production of a Fiqh al-Thawra after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
âDavid H. Warren
13 Whither Islam?
Western Islamic Reform and Discursive Density
âOvamir Anjum
âIndex
Introduction
Part 1: Reflections on the Study of the ShariÌÊ¿a
1 The Roots of Persuasion and the Future of Sharīʿa
âKhaled Abou El Fadl
2 Sectarianism and Integration
Contemporary Categories and the Prospects for Islamic Legal Studies
âRobert Gleave
3 Gender and Legal Fluidity
âMarion Katz
4 Translating The Fatigue of the ShariÌÊ¿a
âAhmad Atif Ahmad
Part 2: Study of the ShariÌÊ¿a in the Classical Period
5 QurʾÄnic JihaÌd Refracted through a Juridical Lens
An Exercise in Realpolitik
âAsma Afsaruddin
6 Al-Ḥadīth al-Mashhūr
A Ḥanafī Reference to Kufan Practice?
âSohail Hanif
7 Taking a Theological Turn in Legal Theory
Regional Priority and Theology in Transoxanian Ḥanafī Thought
âDale J. Correa
8 Maṣlaḥa as a Normative Claim of Islamic Jurisprudence
The Legal Philosophy of al-Ê¿Izz b. Ê¿Abd al-SalÄm
âRami Koujah
Part 3: Study of the ShariÌÊ¿a in the Modern and Contemporary Periods
9 A Conservative Juristâs Approach to Legal Change
Ashraf Ê¿AlÄ« al-ThÄnawÄ« on Womenâs Political Rule
âSalman Younas
10 Legislating Morality and Other Illusions about Islamic Government
âAsifa Quraishi-Landes
11 Relocating DÄr al-IslÄm
Contemporary Islamic Perspectives on Territoriality
âSarah Albrecht
12 Religion, Politics, and the Anxiety of Contemporary Maṣlaḥa Reasoning
The Production of a Fiqh al-Thawra after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
âDavid H. Warren
13 Whither Islam?
Western Islamic Reform and Discursive Density
âOvamir Anjum
âIndex
Academics in the field of Islamic law and intellectual history, graduate students, Middle East and Islamic Studies librarians.