Pragmatism in Islamic Law - A Social and Intellectual History

Informationen zum Autor Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim is assistant professor of Islamic law at McGill University. Klappentext Presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate the changing needs of society. In examining over a thousand cases from three seventeenth- and eighteenth century Egyptian courts, Ibrahim traces the internal logic of pragmatic eclecticism under the Ottomans. Zusammenfassung Presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate the changing needs of society. In examining over a thousand cases from three seventeenth- and eighteenth century Egyptian courts! Ibrahim traces the internal logic of pragmatic eclecticism under the Ottomans.

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• Authors: Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9780815635178
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3517-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dom; Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms; Middle East Studies Beyond Dom; Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology