Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
The present volume—the first of its kind—deals with takfīr: accusing one´s opponents of unbelief ( kufr). Originating in the first decades of Islam, this practice has been applied intermittently ever...
May, 2018
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9 May
A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni Usul al-Fiqh+PDF
The book "History of Islamic Legal Theories" provides an excellent starting-point to follow these important debates that will help determine the future direction of Muslim societies...
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8 May
Book: Law and Legal Theory in Classical and Medieval Islam
These studies by Wael Hallaq represent an important contribution to our understanding of the neglected field of medieval Islamic law and legal thought. Spanning the period from the 8th to the...
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8 May
A Bibliography of Islamic Law, 1980-1993
This bibliography offers a new and indispensable tool for both researchers and practitioners in the field of Islamic law. It supplements the bibliographies published by...
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8 May
Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Khawnsari in Picture
Ayatollah Khownsari was from the lineage of the 7th Imam, Imam Musa Kadhim (A, S), and was the son of Allamah Sayyid Asadullah. Ayatollah Khownsari was introduced to the knowledge of Islam from a very young age...
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7 May
Islamic Finance: A Viable Alternative in the Global Financial Market+PDF
Islamic finance based on sharia, or Islamic law, prohibits the payment of interest, or usury. Also prohibited are investments in certain industries such as those tied to alcohol, pornography, pork production, tobacco, and...
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7 May
Muslim Law in Britain: Reflections in the Socio-Legal Sphere and Differential Legal Treatment+PDF
This paper seeks to demonstrate that the dynamic reconstruction process of Muslim identity in Britain has remarkable reflections in the socio-legal sphere since law is a socio-cultural construct...
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6 May
Book: Muslim Laws, Politics and Society in Modern Nation States+PDF
This book argues that Muslims recreate, reconstruct, redefine and restructure their Muslim laws as unofficial laws even within a secular or modern framework and thus undermine and obstruct, in various ways, the claim of official law to...
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5 May
Article: Digital Islamic Law: Purpose and Prospects
Although this sentiment dominates the current digital landscape, information about Islamic law and history often remains bound to its physical form and to the price of acquiring it...
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5 May
The Islamic Rule of Lenity by Intisar Rabb+PDF
This Article explores an area of close parallel between legal doctrines in the contexts of Islamic law and American legal theory...
