Collective Liability in Islam

Collective Liability in Islam
Author: Nurit Tsafrir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2020-01-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108498647

Provides a close analysis of theʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments, in Islamic law and history.

Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law

Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law
Author: Rudolph Peters
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521792264

This book, first published in 2006, is an account of the theory and practice of Islamic criminal law.

Human Rights in Islam

Human Rights in Islam
Author: Syed Abul ʻAla Maudoodi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1976
Genre: Civil rights (Islamic law).
ISBN:

A short exposition of the value and concept of human rights in Islam as noted in the Quran and Sunnah

Encyclopedia of Islamic Insurance, Takaful and Retakaful

Encyclopedia of Islamic Insurance, Takaful and Retakaful
Author: Mohd Ma'Sum Billah
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 377
Release:
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 178811583X

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial} The model of Islamic insurance policy is based on the principles of mutual cooperation, brotherhood and solidarity. This timely volume contradicts the widely-held belief that insurance policies oppose the teachings of Islam, exploring ways in which it coheres with Shari’ah law. The book explores Takaful, an insurance paradigm that is in accordance with Islamic principles and suits the needs of modern Islamic economies and communities.

Collective Liability in Islam

Collective Liability in Islam
Author: Nurit Tsafrir
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108580432

Offering the first close study of the ʿAqila, a group collectively liable for blood money payments on behalf of a member who committed an accidental homicide, Nurit Tsafrir analyses the group's transformation from a pre-Islamic custom to an institution of the Shari'a, and its further evolution through medieval and post medieval Islamic law and society. Having been an essential factor in the maintenance of social order within Muslim societies, the ʿAqila is the intersection between legal theory and practice, between Islamic law and religion, and between Islamic law and the state. Tracing the history of the ʿAqila, this study reveals how religious values, state considerations and social organization have participated in shaping and reshaping this central institution, which still concerns contemporary Muslim scholars.

Islamic Law and Ethics

Islamic Law and Ethics
Author: David R. Vishanoff
Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1642053465

Does Islamic law define Islamic ethics? Or is the law a branch of a broader ethical system? Or is it but one of several independent moral discourses, Islamic and otherwise, competing for Muslims’ allegiance? The essays in this book present a range of answers: some take fiqh as the defining framework for ethics, others insert the law into a broader ethical system, and others present it as just one among several parallel Islamic ethical discourses, or show how Islamic ethics might coexist with non-Muslim normative systems. Their answers have far reaching implications for epistemology, for the authority of jurists and lay Muslims, for the practical moral challenges of daily life, and for relationships with non-Muslims. The book presents Muslim ethicists with a strategic contemporary choice: should they pursue a single overarching methodology for judging all ethical questions, or should they relish the rhetorical and political competition of alternative but not necessarily incompatible moral discourses?

Militant Islam

Militant Islam
Author: Stephen Vertigans
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2008-10-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134126395

Militant Islam provides a sociological framework for understanding the rise and character of recent Islamic militancy. It takes a systematic approach to the phenomenon and includes analysis of cases from around the world, comparisons with militancy in other religions, and their causes and consequences. The sociological concepts and theories examined in the book include those associated with social closure, social movements, nationalism, risk, fear and ‘de-civilising’. These are applied within three main themes; characteristics of militant Islam, multi-layered causes and the consequences of militancy, in particular Western reactions within the ‘war on terror’. Interrelationships between religious and secular behaviour, ‘terrorism’ and ‘counter-terrorism’, popular support and opposition are explored. Through the examination of examples from across Muslim societies and communities, the analysis challenges the popular tendency to concentrate upon ‘al-Qa’ida’ and the Middle East. This book will be of interest to students of Sociology, Political Science and International Relations, in particular those taking courses on Islam, religion, terrorism, political violence and related regional studies.

Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought

Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought
Author: Louise Marlow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2002-05-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521894289

By examining a wide range of Arabic and Persian literature from the eighth to the thirteenth century, Louise Marlow shows the tension that existed between the traditional egalitarian ideal of early Islam, and the hierarchical impulses of the classical period. The literature demonstrates that while Islam's initial orientation was markedly egalitarian, the social aspect of this egalitarianism was soon undermined in the aftermath of Islam's political success, and as hierarchical social ideas from older cultures in the Middle East were incorporated into the new polity. Although the memory of its early promise never entirely receded, social egalitarianism quickly came to be associated with political subversion. This 1997 book will be of use to a wide readership of Islamic historians and of scholars assessing the impact of the modern Islamic revival.

Advancing the Legal Status of Women in Islamic Law

Advancing the Legal Status of Women in Islamic Law
Author: Mona Samadi
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004446958

Mona Samadi examines the sources of gender differences within the Islamic tradition, with particular focus on guardianship, and describes the opportunities and challenges for advancing the legal status of women.

Public Finance in Islam

Public Finance in Islam
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1989-09-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451960980

The paper analyzes the bearing of Islamic teachings on the conduct of fiscal policy. It is shown that Islamic teachings do not prescribe any rigid system of public finance. The major emphasis is on the state’s responsibility to assure at least a basic minimum standard of living for all citizens. The paper deals with issues related to evolution of fiscal policies best suited to achieve this and other Islamic socio-economic objectives in the specific framework of Islamic teachings. The implications of such a system for growth, monetary stability, resource allocation, and pattern of income distribution are also examined.