Justice in Islam: : the quest for the righteous community from Abu Dharr to Muhammad Ali / Raymond William Baker

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Raymond William, author.

Series:

Oxford Academic

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seventh century--Islam.

Seventh century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

First Edition

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022

Summary:

Justice stands as the crown jewel of the Islamic moral universe. Qur'anic references to justice are more frequent than those to the prophets of Islam. It is justice, rather than jihad or "holy war" of the Western imagination, that defines the centrist Islam of the Qur'an. Justice in midstream Islam is at once "one and many," to borrow a formulation of Islamic mystics. Justice is one as the core Islamic value, and many in the particular struggles for social justice it inspires. Abu Dharr al Ghifari, the beloved seventh-century companion of the Prophet Muhammad, authored several hundred prophetic traditions and fought for the rights of the poor. Abu Dharr modeled the combination of scholarship and activism that characterizes Islamic intellectuals. Struggles for social justice waged in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and beyond evoke the Prophet's companion as exemplar. The excesses of extremist thinking and the blinding glare of the violence it fosters may threaten to overwhelm the faith. Invariably, however, Islamic intellectuals step forward to restore moderation. Centrist Islam today is winning adherents at a pace that outstrips all other faiths. Individual chapters focus on the contributors to this Awakening, including the Egyptian Shaikh Muhammad al Ghazalli, the Turkish scholar Sa'id Nursi, the Lebanese Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Fadlallah, the martyred Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Baqir al Sadra, the Iranian intellectual Ali Shariati, and the American athlete and Muslim convert Muhammad Ali. Their stories explain how an awakened Islam has today become a global phenomenon.

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgments - 1. Introduction: Anchored in Justice - 2. Abu Dharr al Ghifari: Symbol of Justice, Lawyer of the Poor - 3. Hassan al Banna and Sayyid Qutb: Founders, the School of the Muslim Brothers - 4. Shaikh Muhammad al Ghazalli: The People's Shaikh - 5. Sa'id Nursi: Jihadist of the Word - 6. Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah: Poet to Strategic Visionary - 7. Grand Ayatollah Baqir al Sadr: Martyred Theorist of the Islamic Alternative - 8. Ali Shariati: The Believing Revolutionary - 9. Muhammad Ali: Global Caller to Islam - 10. Conclusion: The Companion, the Prophets, and the Unseen - Notes - Bibliography - Glossary of Non-English Terms - Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-762499-5

0-19-762500-2

0-19-762498-7

OCLC:

1336404515