Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and WomenThis challenging book reviews the ethical foundations of the Islamic legal system, suggesting that an authoritarian reading of scripture has often had grave consequences for parts of Muslim society. Drawing upon both religious and secular sources, Islamic legal expert Khaled Abou El Fadl argues that divinely ordained law is frequently misinterpreted by Muslim authorities at the expense of women and oth er groups. Citing a series of injustices in Islamic society, from the ban on women driving to the restrictions governing female clothing, El Fadl's thoughtful and cogent study proposes instead a return to the original ethics at the heart of the Muslim legal system. |
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Induction | 1 |
The authoritative | 9 |
A summary transition | 86 |
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Abd al-Rahman Abd Allah Abū Bakr Abū Bakrah Abū Hurayrah Ahmad al-'Uthaymin al-Bukhārī al-Din al-Ghazālī al-Hadith al-Hasan al-Islāmī al-Nawawi al-Qur'an al-Rāzī Alī Allah argued authenticity authorial enterprise authoritarian authoritativeness authority awrah Beirut Cairo claim common agents contemporary context contingencies Dār al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah determination diligence discourses Divine dynamics evidence fact Fath al-Bārī n.d. fiqh fitnah Furthermore hadith Hanafi Hanbal Hermeneutics hijab historical human husband Ibn Bāz Ibn Fawzān Ibn Hajar al-Asqalānī Ibn Hazm Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah Ibn Taymiyyah ijtihad Importantly instance instructions interpretive community Islamic law Islamic legal issue juristic culture juristic tradition Khawarij Kitāb Majmű Fatāwā marriage matter meaning methodology moral mujtahid Muslim jurists normative obligation operative cause outweighs particular person prayer Principal prohibited Prophet Qur'an Qur'anic verse reader reason religion reports responsa response role rule scholars Shafi'i Shari'ah special agent Sunnah Tafsir taqlid textual theological transmitter Umar Uşül al-Fiqh woman women