Shaping the Current Islamic Reformation

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Author: B. A. Roberson

ISBN-10: 0714682802

ISBN-13: 9780714682808

Category: Islamic Law

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The essays that comprise this study eschew stereotypical representations of a politicized Islam in the Mediterranean Region. The contributors consider the reality that lies behind current issues in the area and the role that an embedded Islam has played or may play in the region.

PrefaceGlossary1The Shaping of the Current Islamic Reformation12The Politics of the Umma: States and Community in Islamic Movements203Sunni and Shi'i Networking in the Middle East424New Centres and Peripheries in European Islam?645From Jurists' Law to Statute Law or What Happens When the Shari'a is Codified826Political Aspects of Modern Shi'i Legal Discussions: Khumayni and Khu'i on ijtihad and qada967Islamic Law as a Core for Political Law: The Withering of an Islamist Illusion1178Arab Government Responses to Islamic Finance: The Cases of Egypt and Saudi Arabia1439Islam Interactive: Mediterranean Islamic Expression on the World Wide Web16410Islamic Activism and Social Movement Theory: A New Direction for Research187Bibliography212