Muslim women living in America continue to be marginalized and misunderstood since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, yet their contributions are changing the face of Islam as it is seen both within Muslim communities in the West and by non-Muslims.
... the Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Bin Baz, gave permission for Saudi men to marry
American women when they came to the United States and then divorce them
before returning home, saying that would help satisfy the sexual desires
inevitably evoked by the wanton and seductive American environment. The vast
majority of Muslims living in America, those from immigrant backgrounds, African
Americans, or other converts to Islam, come from traditions and personal
circumstances in which ...
From different geographical and ideological points across the contemporary Arab world, this book demonstrates the range of views on just what Islam's legal heritage in the region should be.
In examining the transformation of traditional Islamic legal culture in a world of
nation-states and tracing the as-yet uneasy relationship of the culture with
Western notions of human rights and civil liberties, this volume is a contribution to
the long-standing debates among scholars both East and West on the nature and
functions of shari'a, Islamic law, in the modern age. Both the Western notion of "
Islamic law" and the use of the concept of "shari'a" by the traditionalist and
Islamist cadres ...
Generation after generation of Muslim scholars have endeavoured to uncover the implications of the Qur’anic text through the science of Qur’anic exegesis (tafsir). This book traces the development of Qur’anic exegesis from its formative period in the first century hijri until the modern era. It offers a comprehensive discussion of the primary approaches to Qur’anic exegesis; namely, exegesis by traditions, literary exegesis, jurisprudential exegesis, theological exegesis, mystical exegesis, scientific exegesis, modern exegesis, and orientalist exegesis. It also discusses the requirements for an exegete and approaches to exegesis which are considered unacceptable, such as exegesis by personal opinion. This book is part of a series of translations from the Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (EWI) which was originally compiled in Persian. Other entries from this encyclopaedia which are available in English include Hadith, Hawza-yi ‘Ilmiyya, History and Historiography, Muslim Organisations, Political Parties, Qur’anic Exegeses, and Sufism.
The range of articles is further exhausted by the fact that this encyclopaedia
consists of subjects describing the general life and affairs of Muslim society. The
EWI is being published in the islamic republic of iran in Persian. its arabic
translation ...
