Systems of law: Islamic law

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In 1910, al-Mahdi al-Wazzani, a prominent Moroccan Islamic scholar completed his massive compilation of Maliki fatwas.

Over the course of the twentieth century, most Middle East states adopted a shari'a-based system for recognizing marriages.

Understanding Islamic law is crucial not only for Muslims, but for non-Muslims who work with Muslims in legal contexts as well as for anyone wanting to understand the role of Islam in the world today.

In Muslim countries, apostasy and blasphemy laws are defended on the grounds that they are based on Islamic Shari'a and intended to protect religion.

In Muslim countries, apostasy and blasphemy laws are defended on the grounds that they are based on Islamic Shari'a and intended to protect religion.

There is a long and rich history of opinion centred on female prayer leadership in Islam that has occupied the minds of theologians and jurists alike.

There is a long and rich history of opinion centred on female prayer leadership in Islam that has occupied the minds of theologians and jurists alike.

The enigmatic sixteenth-century Swiss physician and natural philosopher Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus, is known for the almost superhuman energy with which he produced his innumerable writings, for his remarkable achievements in the development of science, and for his reputation as a visionary (not to mention sorcerer) and alchemist.

This collection investigates the conflictual relationship between the Islamic world and Western civilization, looking at its history as key to understanding its present.

This book is an introduction to the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history.

The first systematic treatment of political resistance and rebellion in Islamic law.

The surprising similarities in the rise and fall of the Sunni Islamic and Roman Catholic empires in the face of the modern stateCoping with Defeat presents a historical panorama of the Islamic and Catholic political-religious empires and exposes striking parallels in their relationship with the modern state.

This book is an introduction to the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history.

In this book, Colin Imber has put together and edited four previously unpublished essays in the field of Islamic law by Norman Calder.

An exploration of Islamic law from the perspective of women and gender.

This book, first published in 2006, is an account of the theory and practice of Islamic criminal law.

An accessible overview of the religious and social thought of the world''s largest Muslim majority nation.

The history of Islamic law from pre-Islamic times across three centuries.

This book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance.

This book looks at how Muslims in Indonesia struggle to reconcile radically different sets of social norms and laws.

A penetrating analysis of the relationship between authority, continuity and change in Islamic law.

This book examines the intersection between contemporary International Commercial Arbitration and Shari?

This book examines the intersection between contemporary International Commercial Arbitration and Shari?

Indonesia's criminal law system faces major challenges.

Indonesia's criminal law system faces major challenges.

Written in accessible language, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of a topical subject that is being widely debated across Europe.

Written in accessible language, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of a topical subject that is being widely debated across Europe.

Examining the twelve-decade legal conflict of government bans on religious garb worn by teachers in U.

Examining the twelve-decade legal conflict of government bans on religious garb worn by teachers in U.

During the 20th century many countries embarked on a process of constitutional secularization by which the role of religion gradually became limited.

This book is a contribution to the nascent discourse on global health and biomedical research ethics involving Muslim populations and Islamic contexts.

During the 20th century many countries embarked on a process of constitutional secularization by which the role of religion gradually became limited.

This book is a contribution to the nascent discourse on global health and biomedical research ethics involving Muslim populations and Islamic contexts.

This book focuses on Islamic constitutionalism, and in particular on the relation between religion and the protection of individual liberties potentially clashing with shari?

This book focuses on Islamic constitutionalism, and in particular on the relation between religion and the protection of individual liberties potentially clashing with shari?

In the post '9/11' legal and political environment, Islam and Muslims have been associated with terrorism.

Personal status laws remain a highly politicized area of debate in the Middle East, as the arena in which the contentious issues of women's rights, religion and minority groups meet.

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The increasingly transnational nature of terrorist activities compels the international community to strengthen the legal framework in which counter-terrorism activities should occur at every level, including that of intergovernmental organizations.

The increasingly transnational nature of terrorist activities compels the international community to strengthen the legal framework in which counter-terrorism activities should occur at every level, including that of intergovernmental organizations.

The Soul of Rumi collects the poetry of the thirteenth century Persian mystic that explores the divine from the teachings of Sufism.

What do the occult sciences, seances with the souls of the dead, and appeals to saintly powers have to do with rationality?

How the Ottomans refashioned and legitimated their rule through mystical imageries of authorityThe medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750-1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political authority.

Throughout the Middle East, and in the west as well, there has been much discussion concerning the notion of Islamic rule and the application of shari'ah by the state.

Gender equality is a modern ideal, which has only recently, with the expansion of human rights and feminist discourses, become inherent to generally accepted conceptions of justice.

Nineteenth-century Istanbul was an intellectual hub of rich discussions about Islam, in which leading reformists had a significant role.

Nineteenth-century Istanbul was an intellectual hub of rich discussions about Islam, in which leading reformists had a significant role.

The surprising similarities in the rise and fall of the Sunni Islamic and Roman Catholic empires in the face of the modern stateCoping with Defeat presents a historical panorama of the Islamic and Catholic political-religious empires and exposes striking parallels in their relationship with the modern state.

Understand the religion behind the headlines.