Justice In Islam

Author : RAYMOND WILLIAM. BAKER,Raymond William Baker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197624975

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Justice in Islam by RAYMOND WILLIAM. BAKER,Raymond William Baker Pdf

"Justice stands as the crown jewel of the Islamic moral universe. Qur'anic referenes to justice are more frequent than those to the prophets of Islam. It is justice, rather than jihad or "holy war"' of the Western imagination, that defines the centrist Islam of the Qur'an. Justice in midstream Islam is at once "one and many," to borrow a formulation of Islamic mystics. Justice is one as the core Islamic value and many in the particular struggles for social justice it inspires. Abu Dharr al Ghifari, the beloved 7th century companion of the Prophet Muhammd, authored several hundred prophetic traditions and fought for the rights of the poor. Abu Dharr modeled the combination of scholarship and activism that characterizes Islamic intellectuals. Struggles for social justice waged in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and beyond evoke the Prophet's companion as exemplar. The excesses of extremist thinking and the blinding glare of the violence it fosters may threaten to overwhelm the faith. Invariably, however, Islamic intellectuals step forward to restore moderation. Centrist Islam today is winning adherents at a pace that outstrips all other faiths. Individual chapters focus on the contributors to this Awakening, including the Egyptian Shaikh Muhammad al Ghazalli, the Turkish scholar Sa'id Nursi, the Lebanese Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Fadlallah, the martyred Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Baqir al Sadra, the Iranian intellectual Ali Sheriati, and the American athlete and Muslim convert Muhammad Ali. Their stories explain how an awakened Islam has today become a global phenomenon"--

Author : Lawrence Rosen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226511740

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Islam and the Rule of Justice by Lawrence Rosen Pdf

In the West, we tend to think of Islamic law as an arcane and rigid legal system, bound by formulaic texts yet suffused by unfettered discretion. While judges may indeed refer to passages in the classical texts or have recourse to their own orientations, images of binding doctrine and unbounded choice do not reflect the full reality of the Islamic law in its everyday practice. Whether in the Arabic-speaking world, the Muslim portions of South and Southeast Asia, or the countries to which many Muslims have migrated, Islamic law works is readily misunderstood if the local cultures in which it is embedded are not taken into account. With Islam and the Rule of Justice, Lawrence Rosen analyzes a number of these misperceptions. Drawing on specific cases, he explores the application of Islamic law to the treatment of women (who win most of their cases), the relations between Muslims and Jews (which frequently involve close personal and financial ties), and the structure of widespread corruption (which played a key role in prompting the Arab Spring). From these case studie the role of informal mechanisms in the resolution of local disputes. The author also provides a close reading of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, who was charged in an American court with helping to carry out the 9/11 attacks, using insights into how Islamic justice works to explain the defendant’s actions during the trial. The book closes with an examination of how Islamic cultural concepts may come to bear on the constitutional structure and legal reforms many Muslim countries have been undertaking.

Author : Safraz Bacchus
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781460253564

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The Concept of Justice in Islam by Safraz Bacchus Pdf

The book is laid out to outline the Islamic standpoint on justice and it's high standard. This manuscript will attempt to clarify a major misconception that has gained widespread acceptance in some academic circles. The misconception is that the Muslim judge judges blindly according to a rigid set of outdated laws without giving due consideration to what is in the best interest of either the public or in upholding the rights of a person. Finally, it will seek to demonstrate how the ethical standards that govern the conduct and office of the qadi reinforces the public trust and confidence in the Islamic judicial system as a whole. Given that the Islamic judiciary does not have the powers of the sword or the purse - powers that are reserved for the executive and the legislative branches of government - respect is said to be the greatest strength of the institution itself.Islamic law requires a Muslim judge (hakim or qadi) to conform to the highest ethical standards both in their personal conduct and in issuing rulings that are just and seen to be just.

Author : Sayyid Quṭb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114363943

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Social Justice in Islam by Sayyid Quṭb Pdf

Social Justice in Islam is perhaps the best known work of Sayyid Qutb, a leading figure in the Muslim Brethren of Egypt who was executed by the regime of 'Abd al-Nasir in 1966. Despite the years that have passed since Sayyid Qutb's death, the imprint of his thought on the contemporary Islamic movements of the Arab world remains profound. The Arabic original of Social Justice in Islam was first published in 1949, but this book in particular retains its relevance in many respects: the persistence of gross socio-economic inequality in most Muslim societies; the need for viewing Islam as a totality, imperatively demanding comprehensive implementation; and the depiction of the West as a neo-Crusading force.

Author : Hossein Askari,Abbas Mirakhor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030160845

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Conceptions of Justice from Islam to the Present by Hossein Askari,Abbas Mirakhor Pdf

This book explains a perspective on the system of justice that emerges in Islam if rules are followed and how the Islamic system is differentiated from the conventional thinking on justice. It examines conceptions of justice from the Enlightenment to Bentham to Rawls to contemporary philosophers including Sen, Cohen, Nussbaum, and Pogge. The authors present the views of twentieth century Muslim thinkers on justice who see Muslims upholding rituals but not living according to Qur’anic rules. It provides empirical surveys of the current state of justice in Muslim countries analyzing the economic, social, and political state of affairs. The authors conclude by assessing the state of justice-injustice in Muslim countries and highlighting areas in need of attention for justice to prevail.

Author : Deina Abdelkader
Publisher : IIIT
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781565642683

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Social Justice in Islam by Deina Abdelkader Pdf

Western theoretical approaches of modernization, development, social progress and interaction, have failed to understand the dynamics of the Islamic revival. Deina Abdelkader, in this seminal work argues that questions of social justice are indelibly tied to the phenomenon of contemporary Islamic resurgence as the quest for social justice is in fact motivated by the Shari’ah- hence an integral part of Islamic life and weltan-shauung. Using the two tools of maqasid and maslahah, and through the examination of the dialectical link between fiqh and reality, the author shows their indispensability as important methodological tools for the study of the social sciences and, indeed, of social phenomena.

Author : Muḥammad K̲ālid Masud,Rudolph Peters,David Stephan Powers
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004140677

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Dispensing Justice in Islam by Muḥammad K̲ālid Masud,Rudolph Peters,David Stephan Powers Pdf

Dispensing Justice is designed to serve as a sourcebook of Islamic judicial practice and qadi judgments from the rise of Islam to modern times, drawing upon court records and qadi court records, in addition to literary sources. The volume fills a large gap in Islamic legal history. "Dispensing Justice" is designed to serve as a source book of Islamic judicial practice from the rise of Islam to modern times, drawing upon legal documents, qadi court records, archival marerials and literary souces. The volume fills a large ap in our understanding of Islamic legal history. (modified by Powers).

Author : Nevin Reda,Yasmin Amin
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780228002963

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Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice by Nevin Reda,Yasmin Amin Pdf

Since the 1980s, Muslim women reformers have made great strides in critiquing and reinterpreting the Islamic tradition. Yet these achievements have not produced a significant shift in the lived experience of Islam, particularly with respect to equality and justice in Muslim families. A new approach is needed: one that examines the underlying instruments of tradition and explores avenues for effecting change. In Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice leading intellectuals and emerging researchers grapple with the problem of entrenched positions within Islam that affect women, investigating the processes by which interpretations become authoritative, the theoretical foundations upon which they stand, and the ways they have been used to inscribe and enforce gender limitations. Together, they argue that the Islamic interpretive tradition displays all the trappings of canonical texts, canonical figures, and canon law – despite the fact that Islam does not ordain religious authorities who could sanction processes of canonization. Through this lens, the essays in this collection offer insights into key issues in Islamic feminist scholarship, ranging from interreligious love, child marriage, polygamy, and divorce to stoning, segregation, seclusion, and gender hierarchies. Rooting their analysis in the primary texts and historical literature of Islam, contributors to Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice contest oppressive interpretative canons, subvert classical methodologies, and provide new directions in the ongoing project of revitalizing Islamic exegesis and its ethical and legal implications.

Author : Anwar Ahmad Qadri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Justice, Administration of (Islamic law)
ISBN : UCAL:B4052086

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Justice in Historical Islam by Anwar Ahmad Qadri Pdf

Author : Lawrence Rosen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198298846

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The Justice of Islam by Lawrence Rosen Pdf

Using data ranging from the courts of North Africa to the treatment of Islam in American courts, these essays demonstrate the appeal of Islamic law in the lives of everyday adherents.

Author : Intisar A. Rabb,Abigail Krasner Balbale
Publisher : Harvard Series in Islamic Law
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Islamic courts
ISBN : 0674984218

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Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts by Intisar A. Rabb,Abigail Krasner Balbale Pdf

Justice and Leadership in Early Islamic Courts explores the administration of justice during Islam's founding period, 632-1250 CE. Inspired by the scholarship of Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, ten scholars of Islamic law draw on diverse sources including historical chronicles, biographical dictionaries, exegetical works, and mirrors for princes.

Author : Mohammad Hashim Kamali
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1903682029

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Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam by Mohammad Hashim Kamali Pdf

In Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam, M H Kamali presents the reader with an analysis of the three concepts of freedom, equality and justice from an Islamic point of view and their manifestations in the religious, social, legal and political fields. The author discusses the evidence to be found for these concepts in the Qur'an and Sunna, and reviews the interpretations of the earlier schools of law. The work also looks at more recent contributions by Muslim jurists who have advanced fresh interpretations of freedom, equality and justice in the light of the changing realities of contemporary Muslim societies. Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam is part of a series dedicated to the fundamental rights and liberties in Islam and should be read in conjunction with The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective and Freedom of Expression in Islam.

Author : Majid Khadduri
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Law
ISBN : 0801869749

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The Islamic Conception of Justice by Majid Khadduri Pdf

Majid Khadduri, one of the world's preeminent authorities on Islamic justice and jurisprudence, presents his extensive study and reflection on Islamic political, legal, ethical, and social philosophy. This book is both a magisterial historical synthesis and an illumination of the beliefs and practices of modern Islam. (World Religion)

Author : Mbaye Lo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319963280

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Political Islam, Justice and Governance by Mbaye Lo Pdf

This book argues that political Islam (represented by its moderate and militant forms) has failed to govern effectively or successfully due to its inability to reconcile its discursive understanding of Islam, centered on literal justice, with the dominant neo-liberal value of freedom. Consequently, Islamists' polities have largely been abject, often tragic failures in providing a viable collective life and sound governance. This argument is developed theoretically and supported through a set of case studies represented by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (under President Muhammad Morsi’s tenure), Hassan Turabi's National Islamic Front in Sudan and The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It is ideal for audiences interested in Regional Politics, Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies.

Author : Zafar Iqbal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Christianity and justice
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123246162

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Justice by Zafar Iqbal Pdf

Meant for the general reader, this book gives a historical expose of the Western definitions of justice - mainly economic and social justice - from Plato to the modern day and compares it with the Islamic concept of justice. He draws upon the fundamental and central concepts of the Quran to the permanence and universality of that concept. He shows that the combination of adl (justice), qist (equity) and mizan (balance) goes towards creating that notion in comparison to the shifting definition of the Western conception which depends on which ideology is dominant.