Ijtihad Network Being Wise and Faithful Muslim in the Contemporary World
Using primary sources drawn from websites, blogs, and online message boards, I will explore the ways in which digital fiqh alters the prescriptive discourses of this...
May, 2017
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12 May
Temporary Marriage (mut’a) in Islamic Law +PDF
Though there are important differences between Twelve-Imam Shi’aism and Sunnism on the level of the principles of the religion (usul al-din), on the level of the sharia and fiqh or jurisprudence there are surprisingly few places where...
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12 May
Islamic State Practices, International Law and the Threat from Terrorism +PDF
The book gives a broad view of terrorism, balancing a political perspective on the processes which led to the adoption of the main conventions with a juridical approach that analyses the relevant provisions and...
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10 May
Structural Interrelations of Theory and Practice in Islamic Law +PDF
This volume provides an anatomy of Islamic legal reasoning, centered on the basic concepts of human agency, responsibility, rights, legal hermeneutics, extra-textual sources of the law, and basic inquiries...
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9 May
Book: Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice
In his work “Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice”, Professor Mahmoud El-Gamal, as he himself claims, attempted ‘a qualitative overview of the practice of Islamic finance and the historical roots that have...
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8 May
The History of the Jaʿfarī Shiʿa Islamic School of Law
The history of the Jaʿfarī Shiʿa Islamic School of Law from its Inception to the Occultation...
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7 May
Custom in Islamic Law and Legal Theory +PDF
This book explores the relationship between custom and Islamic law and seeks to uncover the role of custom in the construction of legal rulings. The book “Custom in Islamic Law and Legal Theory: The Development of the Concepts of Urf and Adah in the Islamic Legal Tradition” was written by Ayman …
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6 May
Book: Hajj according to the Five Schools of Islamic Law
This book volume 4 of 8, written by Muhammad Javad Moqniyyah, presents the similarities and differences in the issues regarding Hajj, the...
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6 May
Doctoral Thesis: The Theory of Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa in Shīʿī Jurisprudence
Muḥammad Taqī al-Mudarrisī’s maqāṣid al-sharīʿa paradigm is characterized as pragmatic epistemologically, more accessible and dynamic methodologically and employing a virtue ethic.
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4 May
Slavery from Islamic and Christian Perspectives+PDF
Slavery is one of the oldest evils of society which defied the attempts of reformers for so many centuries. Ancient civilisations could not eradicate slavery, so they compromised with...