The Islamic Rational State and New Religious Foundations for an Islamic Liberal Theory

Ahmed Meiloud (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-0984-5 (ISBN)

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This ground-breaking volume on political Islam takes the question of Islam and secularism in an entirely different direction. It shows how leading Islamists use Islamic legal theory to liberate the political sphere from the narrow exegetical worldviews of classical jurists and modern fundamentalists. Exploring the work of a vanguard of Islamists, the book brilliantly parses out the broadlines of these Islamists' liberal theory and its underpinning legal grounds. This theory promises much. Beyond resolving the problem of political legitimacy in Muslim majority countries, it opens immense potential for reasonable 'overlapping consensuses' between traditional worldviews and modern secular perspectives. Most strikingly, this resolution rests not on a break with the Islamic legal heritage but on rediscovering and refining the most profound aspects of it. The secret of this liberal theory lies in the broad application of the medieval concept of maqasid, the Lawgiver's aims. This approach shifts the focus from textual analysis emphasizing what God said to a systematic rational exploration of what He intended.

Former Fulbright Scholar Dr Ahmed Meiloud is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Kuwait. Dr Meiloud holds a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Arizona, USA. His research examines the evolution of the legal and political discourses of Arab Islamists. He is the author of several articles, book chapters, book reviews, and commentaries on many wide-ranging topics. His publications include "A Conflict Between Divine texts and Human Legal Needs?," "Is Mālikī Qunūt a Medinan Practice Or an Egyptian One?," "The Distinct Boundaries of Religion and Politics in Islamist Discourses," and 'Without Naskh: Interpreting the Qur'an with Maqāṣid.' Dr Meiloud has taught at the College of William and Mary, USA, the University of Arizona, USA, and Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, on medieval and modern histories of the Middle East, Islamic thought and Islamic movements.

Erscheinungsdatum	30.10.2024
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	1-0364-0984-8 / 1036409848
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-0984-5 / 9781036409845
Zustand	Neuware