Islamic Law

Cases, Authorities and Worldview

AvAhmad Atif Ahmad

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Introducing undergraduate students to Islamic law, this accessible textbook does not presume legal or technical knowledge. Drawing on a comparative approach, it encourages students to think through the issues of the application of Islamic law where Muslims live as a majority and where they live as a minority, including the USA, Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan.The book surveys the historical development as well as the contemporary contexts of Islamic law. In distilling the history of Islamic law for non-specialists, the author covers important topics such as the development and transformation of Islamic institutions before and after colonialism. Coverage of Islamic law across contemporary contexts draws on real case material, and allows for discussion of Islam as a legal and a moral code that is activated both inside and outside the court. Readers will learn about rituals, dietary restrictions, family, contracts and property, lawful and unlawful gain, criminal law and punishments, and what makes a government legitimate in the eyes of Muslim individuals and authorities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-10-05
Mått:169 x 244 x undefined mm
Vikt:562 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781474274487

Utforska kategorier

Rättssystem inom Juridik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik
Koranen inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Ahmad Atif Ahmad is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He has taught Arabic, Islamic and Religious Studies at Harvard University, USA; Tufts University, USA; Macalester College, USA; Utrecht University, the Netherlands; and the College of William and Mary, USA.

Recensioner i media

Lively, relevant, bold and challenging, this book is a welcome addition to the literature on Islamic law that will thoroughly enrich the discussion of shari‘ah and its social, intellectual and political apparatuses and implications, not only inside the classroom but outside as well.

Innehållsförteckning

List of illustrationsAcknowledgements Preliminaries Calendars, terms, and conventions Introduction 1. Three Cases 2. Madhhabs 3. Theorizing the Shari‘a 4. The Social Shari‘a 5. The Personal Shari‘a 6. The National Shari‘as 7. The Transnational Shari‘a 8. Society, Law, and Government Final Review Appendix I: A Debate between Shafi‘i (d. 204/820) and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal(d. 241/856) (about a Muslim who does not perform the daily prayers.) Appendix II: Map of Muslim Populations Around the World Appendix III: Preamble to Pakistan’s Constitution (4/12/73) Appendix IV: Inheritance Tables Appendix V: Islamic Mortgage Form Further reading Index