Fadl s detailed monograph has been aptly characterised as part memoir, part analysis and part message to the perplexed. The authoritative and authoritarian in islamic discourses. Khaled abou e1 fadl studied islamic law in egypt and kuwait, and has from pennsylvania, yale and princeton. After law school, he clerked for arizona supreme court justice james moeller, and practiced immigration and investment law in the u. Peaceful jihad, in taking back islam 3339 edited by michael wolfe, rodale press, 2002. Home scholar of the house and the search for beauty in islam. Reclaiming shariah in the modern age, and how muslims need to reclaim the beauty of their tradition in which reason and. Wrestling islam from the extremists, and the place of tolerance in islam, and more on. After only one day, on 18 july 2018, substantially censored the article without dr.
Injunctions to violence against nonbelievers stem from misreadings of the quran, he claims, and even jihad, or so called holy war, has no basis in quranic text or muslim theology but instead grew. The epistemology of the truth in modern islam khaled. Beauty and reasoning with god in islam, shariah, islamic law. Reclaiming shariah in the modern age rowman and littlefield, 2014. Gary kessler god and justice theocracy the theory that only god has the right to rule not mentioned by aristotle hebrew bible endorses. Islamic ethics, human rights and migration in brill. Routledge handbook of islamic law 1st edition khaled. It draws on a contemporary humanitarian sociological approach. He is the author of numerous books and articles on islam and shariah, islamic law and islamic jurisprudence. Injunctions to violence against nonbelievers stem from misreadings of the quran, he claims, and even jihad, or socalled holy war, has no basis in quranic text or muslim theology but instead grew out. An accomplished islamic jurist and scholar, he is professor of law at the ucla school of law where he teaches islamic law, immigration, human rights, international and national security law.
The events of september 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the islamic world. Islamic legal discourses on rebellion by relying on original sources from the. This is a passionate defense of islam against the encroaching tide of fundamentalists corrupting the true faith. It is also, arguably, the most important work of constructive islamic theology, ethics and. While contemporary manifestations of reform in the context of islamic law have paid a great deal of attention to the need for reform, whether of the more conservative or more liberal kind, and to the benefits of undergoing that reform for islamic.
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