Fiqh al-aqalliyyat : history, development, and progress / Said Fares Hassan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassan, Said Fares.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--Non-Islamic countries.

Islamic law.

Non-Islamic countries.

Muslims--Non-Islamic countries.

Muslims.

Physical Description:

xvi, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

How can Muslims strike-a balance between religious commitments and their civic identity as citizens in Western liberal states? Hassan examines the development of a contemporary internal Muslim debate on the production of a new form of Islamic jurisprudence, Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat, or the jurisprudence of Muslim minorities. Three key trends are identified in this debate: the puritan literalist trend, the traditionalist trend, and the renewal trend. The literalists argue that Muslim minorities should disassociate themselves from non-Muslims and confine their loyalty to their fellow Muslims. The traditionalists maintain that Muslim minorities can live in non-Muslim lands but via exceptional rules and conditional fatwas. The renewal trend asserts the need for a new category of jurisprudence with a new methodological framework that normalizes and empowers Muslim minority life in non-Muslim society. The study delineates these trends in detail and investigates their background, development, and current conditions with special focus on the renewal trend and the discourse of Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Between Text and Context: The Impact of Textual Literalism and Puritan Ideology on the Life of Muslim Minorities 19

2 Voice of Tradition: Muslim Minorities and Application of Islamic Law 37

3 Yusuf al-Qaradawi: An Ideologue for Muslim Minorities 57

4 Taha Jabir al-'Alwanl: Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat, a Model of Islamization of Knowledge 87

5 Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat: A Debare on World Division, Citizenship, and Loyalty 121.

ISBN:

9781137346698

1137346698

OCLC:

835619704