Islamic member state and the scrutiny of the death penalty in the Universal Periodic Review [PDF]
, 2019 Many Islamic countries propose legitimising the death penalty using theological and secular political reasoning. They argue that the punishment is privileged within a conception of theocracy expressed through state sovereignty and/or it is an efficacious
Nazir, Amna Fatima
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A LOST LEGACY OF CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT: IBN AL-QAYYIM ON DIVINE DETERMINATION (qadar) [PDF]
, 2015 This research aims to challenge a popular contemporary Traditionalist trend of intra-Muslim theological disengagement and isolation, which is justified by a conception of a puritan Traditionalist theology entirely hypothetically based on scripture and ...
SLITI, ABDULLAH
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End-of-Life Care, Dying and Death in the Islamic Moral Tradition [PDF]
Modern biomedical technologies managed to revolutionise the End-of-Life Care (EoLC) in many aspects. The dying process can now be “engineered” by managing the accompanying physical symptoms or by “prolonging/hastening” death itself.
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The Possible State? Renewal of Ijtihād and Its Role in Enforcing Sharia through the Intellectual Project of Jamāl Al-Dīn ʻaṭīya [PDF]
, 2019 Sharia has occupied the center of attention by Muslim and non-Muslim scholars alike. The term, Sharia, in itself, is controversial, sometimes is exaggerated and often misinterpreted.
El Fiky, Muhammad Nabeel +1 more
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Lost in Translation: Mahr-Agreements, US Courts, and the Predicament of Muslim Women [PDF]
As a reciprocal contract, Islamic marriage (nikāḥ) furnishes rights and obligations for both spouses. Usually split into two portions, the deferred part of the bridal dower (mahr muʾakhkhar)—a one-time financial liability that both spouses agree on ...
Scheunchen, Tobias
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Cosmopolis of law: Islamic legal ideas and texts across the Indian Ocean and Eastern Mediterranean Worlds [PDF]
, 2016 I explore the circulation of Islamic legal texts and ideas between the Indian Ocean and Eastern Mediterranean worlds, which shared a “cosmopolis of law”. In the study, I primarily focus on the internal and external dynamics of legal textual circulation,
Kooriadathodi, M.
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THE LEGITIMIZING POWER OF HADITH IN ANTI-MAULID DISCOURSE: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SALAFI IDEOLOGY ON SOCIAL MEDIA [PDF]
This article critically examines the use of hadith in constructing the anti-Maulid narrative concerning the celebration of the Prophet’s Birthday disseminated through the Instagram account @foto.video.islam, using Teun A.
Muhammad Lutfi +3 more
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'Catching the Eel' – Documentary Evidence for Concepts of the Arabic Book in the Middle Period [PDF]
, 2012 Hirschler, Konrad
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, 2015 Eine wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft kann ihren inneren Austausch und ihre Wirkung nach Außen nur sicherstellen, wenn sie ihren Mitgliedern und auswärtigen Interessierten ein zeitgemäßes Diskussionsforum bietet.
Backe, Beate +2 more
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A Muslim woman’s right to a Khulʿ in Pakistan: marital relief or marital pain? [PDF]
, 2017 This study examines the female-initiated divorce right of khulʿ in Ḥanafī jurisprudence and its practical implementation in Pakistan. Previous research presents Ḥanafī jurisprudence as only allowing a khulʿ with the consent of the husband coupled with ...
Qadri, Ghazala Hassan
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