Transformations of tradition : Islamic law in colonial modernity

Transformations of tradition : Islamic law in colonial modernity / Junaid Quadri.

Transformations of Tradition probes how the encounter with colonial modernity conditioned Islamic jurists' conceptualizations of the shari'a. Focusing on the jurisprudential writings of Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti-i (1854-1935), Mufti of Egypt for a time, Junaid Quadri locates a remarkable ser...

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Main Author: Quadri, Junaid (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1800-1999
Islamic law > History > 19th century.
Islamic law > History > 20th century.
Islamic law > Interpretation and construction.
Islamic civilization > Western influences.
Islamic law > Europe > Colonies.
Islamic civilization > Western influences
Islamic law
Islamic law > Interpretation and construction
Europe
History
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Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. PARTISANSHIP, TERRITORIALISM AND TRANSREGIONAL NETWORKS OF BELONGING
  • 2. AUTHORITY, IJTIHĀD AND TEMPORALITY
  • 3. COLONIALISM, TRANSLATION AND SEDUCTION
  • 4. SCIENCE, PERCEPTION AND OBJECTIVITY
  • 5. RELIGION, THE SECULAR AND LANGUAGE
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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