Contemporary Ijtihad: Limits and Controversies
L. Ali Khan and Hisham M. Ramadan
Abstract
The resurgence of Islam, geopolitical crises involving Muslim nations, violence associated with Islam and the immigration of millions of Muslims to Western countries have generated a strong interest in understanding Islamic law. The challenges of these new realities have impressed upon Muslims the need to rethink classical jurisprudence, and a powerful contemporary ihad – the process of making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the legal sources – has unleashed a tremendous intellectual energy that is transforming legal systems across the Muslim world. This book explores the lim ... More
Keywords: Islam, geopolitical crises, Muslim nations, violence, immigration, Western countries, Islamic law, classical jurisprudence, ijtihad, legal decision
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 | Print ISBN-13: 9780748641284 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748641284.001.0001 |
