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Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity : Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state
- Title
- Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity : Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state / by Muhammad Al-Atawneh.
- Author
- Al-Atawneh, Muhammad K.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 207 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This book focuses on the history and work of the Saudi Dar al-Ifta, one of the most central modern Islamic official religious institutions. The study was undertaken from two perspectives: (1) Dar al-Ifta 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 Wahhabi 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. -- Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Islamic law and society, 1384-1130 ; v. 32
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 32.
- Alternative Title
- Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-202) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9789004184695
- 9004184694
- 9789004185708
- 9004185704
- LCCN
- 2010015742
- OCLC
- ocn607323426
- 607323426
- SCSB-1569246
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library