Shari’a: Islamic Law in the Contemporary Context

Sampul Depan
Stanford University Press, 17 Sep 2007 - 249 halaman
This volume presents ten leading scholars' writings on contemporary Islamic law and Muslim thought. The essays examine a range of issues, from modern Muslim discourses on justice, natural law, and the common good, to democracy, the social contract, and "the authority of the preeminent jurist." Changes in how Shari'a has been understood over the centuries are explored, as well as how it has been applied in both Sunni and Shi'i Islam.

Debates on the nature, interpretation, reform, and application of Shari'a lie at the core of all Islamist revivalist ideologies and movements of the past two centuries. The demand for the implementation of Shari'a is one of the hallmarks of Islamic fundamentalism, and Shari'a has become one of the most controversial and politicized concepts in Muslim-majority countries today. This is one of the first books to examine how Muslims understand and apply Shari'a in contemporary societies.

 

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Justice in Modern Islamic Thought
20
The Harmony of Natural Law and Sharia in Islamist
38
The Concept of Maṣlaḥa
62
Sharia as Blueprint for Righteous
83
Sharia and Islamic Democracy in the Age of alJazeera
104
The Evolution of
120
Shiite Theories of Social Contract
137
A Historical
156
On the Everyday
165
Roy P Mottahedeh
178
About the Authors
237
Index
243
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Frank Griffel is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Yale University. Abbas Amanat is Professor of History and International and Area Studies at Yale University.

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