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Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity : Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state / Muhammad Al-Atawneh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Al-Atawneh, Muhammad K. lat
- Series:
- Studies in Islamic law and society ; 32.
- Studies in Islamic law and society, 1384-1130 ; v. 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic law--Saudi Arabia.
- Islamic law.
- Wahhābīyah--Saudi Arabia.
- Wahhābīyah.
- Dār al-Iftāʼ al-ʻĀmmah (Saudi Arabia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 207 pages) : map
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book focuses on the history and work of the Saudi Dār al-Iftā, one of the most central modern Islamic official religious institutions. The study was undertaken from two perspectives: (1) Dār al-Iftā creation, power structure, functions and the sociopolitical environment in which it operates; and (2) The actual work of this institution, mainly the mechanisms by which modern Saudi state muftis cope with clashes between Wahhābī idealism and the reality of an evolving society. This is a critical work which updates the readers' grasp of contemporary law and society in the modern Saudi state, in particular, and in Islamic jurisprudence in general.
- Contents:
- Muftīs and Fatwās in Saudi Arabia : background
- Dār Al-Iftā today
- Muftīs, state and society
- Modern Wahhābī jurisprudence
- Bid a Vis-á-Vis Sunna : the limits of change
- Wahhābism applied : flexibility towards change.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-95272-2
- 9786612952722
- 90-04-18570-4
- OCLC:
- 813296945
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004184695.i-210 DOI
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