Overview
This work traces the history of the Dar al-Ifta, the Egyptian State Mufti's administration, from its inception in the 1890s to the present. Positioned between a state bereaucracy and an emerging Muslim public concerned with the transmission of Islamic values, the various State Muftis have been reinterpreting Islamic Law to demonstrate its relevance in the modern age. This history provides an insight into themes of 20th-century Islamic thinking. Four case studies demonstrate how fatwas can be used as sources for legal, social, intellectual and mentality history.
Full Product Details
Author: Jacob Skovgaard-Petersen
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 59
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.798kg
ISBN: 9789004109476
ISBN 10: 9004109471
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 01 October 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'The author is to be commended on this valuable study and on bringing to light the different Islamic perspectives on some of the crucial issues simmering in contemporary Egyptian society. This is an important study.' Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, Journal of Church and State, 1999. 'In casting light on the attempts by some contemporary Islamic thinkers to construct an Islamic response to modernity while combating the near ideological hegemony which radical Islamists have enjoyed both in the Muslim world and in the West, this volume is to be warmly welcomed.' Vincent Durac, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1999.
'The author is to be commended on this valuable study and on bringing to light the different Islamic perspectives on some of the crucial issues simmering in contemporary Egyptian society. This is an important study.' Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, Journal of Church and State, 1999. 'In casting light on the attempts by some contemporary Islamic thinkers to construct an Islamic response to modernity while combating the near ideological hegemony which radical Islamists have enjoyed both in the Muslim world and in the West, this volume is to be warmly welcomed.' Vincent Durac, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1999.
' The author is to be commended on this valuable study and on bringing to light the different Islamic perspectives on some of the crucial issues simmering in contemporary Egyptian society. This is an important study.'<br>Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabm, Journal of Church and State, 1999.<br>' In casting light on the attempts by some contemporary Islamic thinkers to construct an Islamic response to modernity while combating the near ideological hegemony which radical Islamists have enjoyed both in the Muslim world and in the West, this volume is to be warmly welcomed.'<br>Vincent Durac, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1999.<br>
Author Information
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at the Carsten Niebuhr Institute, The University of Copenhagen.
