Law And Power In The Islamic World

Author : Sami Zubaida
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857714268

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Law and Power in the Islamic World by Sami Zubaida Pdf

Islamic law (the Shari'a) and its application is a central issue in contemporary Islamic politics and culture. Starting from modern concerns, this book examines the origins and evolution of the Shari'a and the corpus of texts, concepts and practices in which it has been enshrined. The central paradox in this history is one of power: the Shari'a is jurist's law, theoretically derived from sacred sources, yet dependent for its institution and application on rulers, with their own agendas and priorities. Sami Zubaida here considers key historical episodes of political accommodations and contests between scholars and sultans. Drawing on modern examples, mainly from Egypt and Iran, Zubaida explores how the Shari'a has evolved and mutated to accommodate the workings of a modern state by examining the reforms of the 19th and 20th centuries and the politics of the contemporary world. Law and Power in the Islamic World is an original and significant contribution to the debates surrounding Islam and ideas of modernity. As such its appeal and importance range across a wide spectrum of readers, students and scholars interested in Islamic law and the politics and social structures of the Muslim world. "Extremely informed and highly readable: unlike any previous writings on the subject, it combines deep historical analysis with a vital sociological and political perspective. In these difficult times, it will be required reading both for experts and for the general reader with any serious interest in the world today." Eberhard Kienle, SOAS.

Author : Hunt Janin,André Kahlmeyer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476608815

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Islamic Law by Hunt Janin,André Kahlmeyer Pdf

The sharia is a set of traditional laws that define a Muslim's obligations to God and his fellow human beings. Westerners often misunderstand the nature of the sharia, born as it is of a complicated legal and academic tradition that may not always seem relevant to today's world. Written for those unfamiliar with Islam, this volume provides an accurate and objective assessment of the sharia's achievements, shortcomings and future prospects. It explores the fundamentals of Islam and traditional sharia laws. In addition, the sharia is discussed with respect to Ottoman law, puritanism and jihad. The sharia's relevance to today's world events is also explored. Among items provided in appendices are a commentary on a Western translation of the concept of jihad and an analysis of the sharia in 29 selected countries.

Author : Christopher Toll,Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
Publisher : Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Economics
ISBN : 8773042609

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Law and the Islamic World Past and Present by Christopher Toll,Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen Pdf

Author : Matthias Vanhullebusch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004298248

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War and Law in the Islamic World by Matthias Vanhullebusch Pdf

A three-part investigation on the origins and evolving roles that Islamic law and international humanitarian law have played in regulating conflict and violence, War and Law in the Islamic World brings to light legal and policy complexities that plague modern-day armed conflict in the region.

Author : Edward Mortimer
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081387206

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Faith and Power by Edward Mortimer Pdf

Index. References: p.408-415 "Vintage Books."

Author : André Wink
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108417747

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The Making of the Indo-Islamic World by André Wink Pdf

A major reinterpretation of the rise of the Indo-Islamic world rooted in world history and geography.

Author : Robert R. Bianchi Formerly Associate Professor of Political Science University of Chicago
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198038191

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Guests of God : Pilgrimage and Politics in the Islamic World by Robert R. Bianchi Formerly Associate Professor of Political Science University of Chicago Pdf

Each year, more than two million pilgrims from over 100 countries converge on the holy city of Mecca to reenact the ritual dramas that Muslims have been performing for centuries. Making the hajj is one of the most important duties in the life of a Muslim. The pilgrimage-and its impact on international politics-is enormous and growing every year, yet Westerners know virtually nothing about it. What is the hajj and what does it mean? Who are the hajjis? What do they do and say in Mecca and how do they interpret their experiences? Who runs the hajj and what are their political objectives? How does the hajj encourage international cooperation among Muslims and can it also promote harmony between Islam and the West? In Guests of God, Robert R. Bianchi seeks to answer these and many other questions. While it is first and foremost a religious festival, he shows, the hajj is also very much a political event. The Muslim world's leading multinational organization, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, has established the first international regime explicitly devoted to pilgrimage. Every large Muslim nation has developed a comprehensive hajj policy and a powerful bureaucracy to enforce it. Yet, Bianchi argues, no authority- secular or religious, national or international-can really control the hajj. Pilgrims believe that they are entitled to travel freely to Mecca as "Guests of God"-not as guests of any nation or organization that might wish to restrict or profit from their efforts to fulfill a fundamental religious obligation. Drawing on his personal experience as a pilgrim and a wealth of data gathered over the course of ten years of research, Bianchi has produced a fascinating look at the hajj filled with personal, candid stories from political and religious leaders and hajjis from all walks of life. A wide-ranging study of Islam, politics, and power, Guests of God is the most complete picture of the hajj available anywhere.

Author : Ann Elizabeth Mayer
Publisher : Pinter Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : UCAL:B5121722

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Islam and Human Rights by Ann Elizabeth Mayer Pdf

Contesting stereotypes about a supposedly monolithic Islam inherently incompatible with human rights, Mayer dissects the political motives behind the selective use of elements of the Islamic tradition by conservative groups opposed to democracy and human rights.

Author : Rôn Šaham
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004154537

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Law, Custom, and Statute in the Muslim World by Rôn Šaham Pdf

This collective volume deals with the main components in the laws of Islamic societies, past and present: sharia, custom and statute. Covers a wide range of geographical areas, from the Balkans to Yemen, and from Iraq to the Maghrib -- Back cover.

Author : Baudouin Dupret
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108845212

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Positive Law from the Muslim World by Baudouin Dupret Pdf

Dupret explores how the concept of positive law operated in the Muslim world.

Author : Tahir Mahmood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Criminal law
ISBN : 8185220263

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Criminal Law in Islam and the Muslim World by Tahir Mahmood Pdf

Author : Various
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1680 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191025440

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Introduction to Islam and the Islamic World by Various Pdf

Combining key titles from both Oxford's Very Short Introductions and Oxford World's Classics series, this collection includes an assortment of books that will enlighten your understanding of Islam. Containing A Very Short Introduction to The Koran, Islamic History, and Islam, plus one of the bestselling versions of the Qur'an, these books provide insight into the religious, historical, and political ideas surrounding the world of Islam. Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects - from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative, yet always balanced and complete, discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field.

Author : Linda T. Darling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415503617

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A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East by Linda T. Darling Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the exercise of political power and justice in the Middle East from ancient Mesopotamia through into the 20th century, through a detailed examination of "the Circle of Justice". A "must read" for students, policymakers, and ordinary citizens, this book will be an important contribution to the areas of political history, political theory, Middle East studies and Orientalism.

Author : Noah Feldman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691156248

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The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State by Noah Feldman Pdf

"Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia--the law of the traditional Islamic state--in the modern Muslim world. Feldman goes back to the roots of classical Islamic law, under which executive power was balanced by the scholars who interpreted and administered the sharia. That balance was destroyed under Ottoman rule, resulting in the unchecked executive dominance that continues to distort politics in so many Muslim states. Feldman argues that a modern Islamic state could provide political and legal justice to today's Muslims through sharia--but only if new institutions emerge that restore this constitutional balance of power. In a new introduction, Feldman discusses developments in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and other Muslim-majority countries since the Arab Spring and describes how Islamists must meet the challenge of balance if the new Islamic states are to succeed."--P. [4] of cover.

Author : Daisy Hilse Dwyer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1990-09-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780313033674

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Law and Islam in the Middle East by Daisy Hilse Dwyer Pdf

Islamic law is the epitome of Islamic thought, the most typical manifestation of the Islamic way of life, the core and kernel of Islam itself, asserts Joseph Schacht the internationally renowed Islamic law scholar. Indeed, the primary place of law in Islam as well as the preponderance of the legal over the theological in Muslim thinking has long been recognized by both Muslim jurisprudents and by Western legal scholars. At a time when Islamic fundamentalism is flourishing, the relation of religion in and to law-related behavior needs to be scrutinized. In its eight chapters, contributed by various experts in the field and with a cogent introduction by editor Daisy Hilse Dwyer that focuses on the sources of law, the reasons for its centrality in the Middle East, and personal status law, this volume considers Middle Eastern law as practiced by Muslims in a diversity of Middle Eastern nations. The dynamics of dispute settlement, the interaction of court personnel with litigants, the content of legislation, and the promulgation of public policies about law are detailed here as well as the power dynamics of law's interpersonal, intergroup, and international sides. Focusing on the specifics of contemporary politics and social life, the volume provides a baseline for understanding how, and the degree to which, the legal principles and the legal ethos elaborated in Islam centuries ago continue to provide a vital dynamic in legal behavior and thinking today. The first five chapters deal with the on-the-ground intricacies of personal status law. They detail the complex blend of options and constraints that Middle Easterners experience in confronting personal status issues and examine the different approaches to these issues by contrasting regional evironments and differentially empowered social groups. The last three chapters assess law in the public domain-an area in which the most striking recent applications of Islamic law have occurred. Law and Islam in the Middle East will be of particular value to international law experts, students of Islam, comparative law, and the Middle East, as well as practicing social scientists and others who seek a practical and philosophical understanding of how the spirit and letter of Islamic law constitute and reconstitute themselves with a fine-tuned responsiveness to a continuously changing nation and world.