Old texts, new practices : Islamic reform in modern Morocco / Etty Terem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terem, Etty, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

'Imrani, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi, 1850-1923. Miyar al-jadid.

'Imrani, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi.

Fatwas--Morocco--History.

Fatwas.

Malikites--Morocco--History.

Malikites.

Islamic renewal--Morocco--History.

Islamic renewal.

Islamic law--Social aspects--Morocco--History.

Islamic law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1910, al-Mahdi al-Wazzani, a prominent Moroccan Islamic scholar completed his massive compilation of Maliki fatwas. An eleven-volume set, it is the most extensive collection of fatwas written and published in the Arab Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Al-Wazzani's legal opinions addressed practical concerns and questions: What are the ethical and legal duties of Muslims residing under European rule? Is emigration from non-Muslim territory an absolute duty? Is it ethical for Muslim merchants to travel to Europe? Is it legal to consume European-manufac

Contents:

Modern Islam and the religious reform tradition

Religious knowledge and authority in precolonial Morocco

The rhetoric of Moroccan modernity

Delineating Muslim-Christian relations

Refashioning notions of gender and family

Redefining patterns of consumption

Islamic legal tradition, change, and continuity.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804790840

0804790841

OCLC:

874321131