Fatwas of condemnation: Islam and the limits of dissent

Fatwas of condemnation : Islam and the limits of dissent examines a particularly rich and relatively untapped source for Islamic intellectual history, namely the genre of legal writing represented by the compendia of Islamic legal response to examine the limits of dissent in Islam. Not confining him...

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Main Author: Nizamuddin Ahmad, Saiyad
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Language:English
Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), IIUM 2009
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spelling iium-2612011-05-26T03:54:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/261/ Fatwas of condemnation: Islam and the limits of dissent Nizamuddin Ahmad, Saiyad BP1 Islam Fatwas of condemnation : Islam and the limits of dissent examines a particularly rich and relatively untapped source for Islamic intellectual history, namely the genre of legal writing represented by the compendia of Islamic legal response to examine the limits of dissent in Islam. Not confining himself to a particular period of history, but having chosen certain recurring issues as being particularly illustrative of the dynamics of dissent in Islam, the author has focused on fatwas that derived principally from an attempt by the ‘ulama’ to define and fix the limits of dissent and spare the Islamic community of what they viewed as the detrimental effects of actions, doctrines or movements that were seen not to be in its best interests (maslaha). International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), IIUM 2009 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/261/1/Fatwas_of_condemnation-_Islam_and_the_limits_of_dissent.pdf Nizamuddin Ahmad, Saiyad (2009) Fatwas of condemnation: Islam and the limits of dissent. International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), IIUM, Kuala Lumpur. ISBN 9839379429 http://www.iium.edu.my/istac/research-1
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Fatwas of condemnation: Islam and the limits of dissent
description Fatwas of condemnation : Islam and the limits of dissent examines a particularly rich and relatively untapped source for Islamic intellectual history, namely the genre of legal writing represented by the compendia of Islamic legal response to examine the limits of dissent in Islam. Not confining himself to a particular period of history, but having chosen certain recurring issues as being particularly illustrative of the dynamics of dissent in Islam, the author has focused on fatwas that derived principally from an attempt by the ‘ulama’ to define and fix the limits of dissent and spare the Islamic community of what they viewed as the detrimental effects of actions, doctrines or movements that were seen not to be in its best interests (maslaha).
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author Nizamuddin Ahmad, Saiyad
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title Fatwas of condemnation: Islam and the limits of dissent
title_short Fatwas of condemnation: Islam and the limits of dissent
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title_sort fatwas of condemnation: islam and the limits of dissent
publisher International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), IIUM
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/261/
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