Author: Nurit Tsafrir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Provides a close analysis of theʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments, in Islamic law and history.
Collective Liability in Islam
Author: Nurit Tsafrir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Provides a close analysis of theʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments, in Islamic law and history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498647
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Provides a close analysis of theʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments, in Islamic law and history.
Collective Liability in Islam
Author: Nurit Tsafrir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108580432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Offering the first close study of the ʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments on behalf of a member who committed an accidental homicide, Nurit Tsafrir analyses the group's transformation from a pre-Islamic custom to an institution of the Shari'a, and its further evolution through medieval and post medieval Islamic law and society. Having been an essential factor in the maintenance of social order within Muslim societies, the ʿAqila is the intersection between legal theory and practice, between Islamic law and religion, and between Islamic law and the state. Tracing the history of the ʿAqila, this study reveals how religious values, state considerations and social organization have participated in shaping and reshaping this central institution, which still concerns contemporary Muslim scholars.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108580432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Offering the first close study of the ʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments on behalf of a member who committed an accidental homicide, Nurit Tsafrir analyses the group's transformation from a pre-Islamic custom to an institution of the Shari'a, and its further evolution through medieval and post medieval Islamic law and society. Having been an essential factor in the maintenance of social order within Muslim societies, the ʿAqila is the intersection between legal theory and practice, between Islamic law and religion, and between Islamic law and the state. Tracing the history of the ʿAqila, this study reveals how religious values, state considerations and social organization have participated in shaping and reshaping this central institution, which still concerns contemporary Muslim scholars.
Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society
Author: Nadirsyah Hosen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1781003068
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
The Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society provides an examination of the role of Islamic law as it applies in Muslim and non-Muslim societies through legislation, fatwa, court cases, sermons, media, or scholarly debate. It illuminates the intersection of social, political, economic and cultural factors that inform Islamic Law across a number of jurisdictions. Chapters evaluate when and how actors and institutions have turned to Islamic law to address problems faced by societies in Muslim and, in some cases, Western states.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1781003068
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
The Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society provides an examination of the role of Islamic law as it applies in Muslim and non-Muslim societies through legislation, fatwa, court cases, sermons, media, or scholarly debate. It illuminates the intersection of social, political, economic and cultural factors that inform Islamic Law across a number of jurisdictions. Chapters evaluate when and how actors and institutions have turned to Islamic law to address problems faced by societies in Muslim and, in some cases, Western states.
Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law
Author: Rudolph Peters
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521792264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This book, first published in 2006, is an account of the theory and practice of Islamic criminal law.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521792264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This book, first published in 2006, is an account of the theory and practice of Islamic criminal law.
Encyclopedia of Islamic Insurance, Takaful and Retakaful
Author: Mohd Ma'Sum Billah
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 178811583X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial} The model of Islamic insurance policy is based on the principles of mutual cooperation, brotherhood and solidarity. This timely volume contradicts the widely-held belief that insurance policies oppose the teachings of Islam, exploring ways in which it coheres with Shari’ah law. The book explores Takaful, an insurance paradigm that is in accordance with Islamic principles and suits the needs of modern Islamic economies and communities.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 178811583X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial} The model of Islamic insurance policy is based on the principles of mutual cooperation, brotherhood and solidarity. This timely volume contradicts the widely-held belief that insurance policies oppose the teachings of Islam, exploring ways in which it coheres with Shari’ah law. The book explores Takaful, an insurance paradigm that is in accordance with Islamic principles and suits the needs of modern Islamic economies and communities.
Human Rights in Islam
Author: Syed Abul ʻAla Maudoodi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights (Islamic law).
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A short exposition of the value and concept of human rights in Islam as noted in the Quran and Sunnah
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights (Islamic law).
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A short exposition of the value and concept of human rights in Islam as noted in the Quran and Sunnah
Islamic Law and Ethics
Author: David R. Vishanoff
Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
ISBN: 1642053465
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Does Islamic law define Islamic ethics? Or is the law a branch of a broader ethical system? Or is it but one of several independent moral discourses, Islamic and otherwise, competing for Muslims’ allegiance? The essays in this book present a range of answers: some take fiqh as the defining framework for ethics, others insert the law into a broader ethical system, and others present it as just one among several parallel Islamic ethical discourses, or show how Islamic ethics might coexist with non-Muslim normative systems. Their answers have far reaching implications for epistemology, for the authority of jurists and lay Muslims, for the practical moral challenges of daily life, and for relationships with non-Muslims. The book presents Muslim ethicists with a strategic contemporary choice: should they pursue a single overarching methodology for judging all ethical questions, or should they relish the rhetorical and political competition of alternative but not necessarily incompatible moral discourses?
Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
ISBN: 1642053465
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Does Islamic law define Islamic ethics? Or is the law a branch of a broader ethical system? Or is it but one of several independent moral discourses, Islamic and otherwise, competing for Muslims’ allegiance? The essays in this book present a range of answers: some take fiqh as the defining framework for ethics, others insert the law into a broader ethical system, and others present it as just one among several parallel Islamic ethical discourses, or show how Islamic ethics might coexist with non-Muslim normative systems. Their answers have far reaching implications for epistemology, for the authority of jurists and lay Muslims, for the practical moral challenges of daily life, and for relationships with non-Muslims. The book presents Muslim ethicists with a strategic contemporary choice: should they pursue a single overarching methodology for judging all ethical questions, or should they relish the rhetorical and political competition of alternative but not necessarily incompatible moral discourses?
Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought
Author: Louise Marlow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521894289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
By examining a wide range of Arabic and Persian literature from the eighth to the thirteenth century, Louise Marlow shows the tension that existed between the traditional egalitarian ideal of early Islam, and the hierarchical impulses of the classical period. The literature demonstrates that while Islam's initial orientation was markedly egalitarian, the social aspect of this egalitarianism was soon undermined in the aftermath of Islam's political success, and as hierarchical social ideas from older cultures in the Middle East were incorporated into the new polity. Although the memory of its early promise never entirely receded, social egalitarianism quickly came to be associated with political subversion. This 1997 book will be of use to a wide readership of Islamic historians and of scholars assessing the impact of the modern Islamic revival.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521894289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
By examining a wide range of Arabic and Persian literature from the eighth to the thirteenth century, Louise Marlow shows the tension that existed between the traditional egalitarian ideal of early Islam, and the hierarchical impulses of the classical period. The literature demonstrates that while Islam's initial orientation was markedly egalitarian, the social aspect of this egalitarianism was soon undermined in the aftermath of Islam's political success, and as hierarchical social ideas from older cultures in the Middle East were incorporated into the new polity. Although the memory of its early promise never entirely receded, social egalitarianism quickly came to be associated with political subversion. This 1997 book will be of use to a wide readership of Islamic historians and of scholars assessing the impact of the modern Islamic revival.
China and Islam
Author: Matthew S. Erie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107053374
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
This book is the first ethnographic study of Muslim minorities' practice of Islamic law in contemporary China.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107053374
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
This book is the first ethnographic study of Muslim minorities' practice of Islamic law in contemporary China.
An Introduction to Islamic Law
Author: Wael B. Hallaq
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139489305
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The study of Islamic law can be a forbidding prospect for those entering the field for the first time. Wael Hallaq, a leading scholar and practitioner of Islamic law, guides students through the intricacies of the subject in this absorbing introduction. The first half of the book is devoted to a discussion of Islamic law in its pre-modern natural habitat. The second part explains how the law was transformed and ultimately dismantled during the colonial period. In the final chapters, the author charts recent developments and the struggles of the Islamists to negotiate changes which have seen the law emerge as a primarily textual entity focused on fixed punishments and ritual requirements. The book, which includes a chronology, a glossary of key terms, and lists of further reading, will be the first stop for those who wish to understand the fundamentals of Islamic law, its practices and history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139489305
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The study of Islamic law can be a forbidding prospect for those entering the field for the first time. Wael Hallaq, a leading scholar and practitioner of Islamic law, guides students through the intricacies of the subject in this absorbing introduction. The first half of the book is devoted to a discussion of Islamic law in its pre-modern natural habitat. The second part explains how the law was transformed and ultimately dismantled during the colonial period. In the final chapters, the author charts recent developments and the struggles of the Islamists to negotiate changes which have seen the law emerge as a primarily textual entity focused on fixed punishments and ritual requirements. The book, which includes a chronology, a glossary of key terms, and lists of further reading, will be the first stop for those who wish to understand the fundamentals of Islamic law, its practices and history.