Reclaiming Islamic Tradition : : Modern Interpretations of the Classical Heritage / / Elisabeth Kendall, Ahmad Khan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Kendall, Elisabeth,; Khan, Ahmad,
• MitwirkendeR: Bauer, Karen,; Brown, Jonathan A. C.,; Gleave, Robert,; Hillenbrand, Carole,; Hoover, Jon,; Kendall, Elisabeth,; Khan, Ahmad,; Lange, Christian,; Melchert, Christopher,; Sinai, Nicolai,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 3 B/W illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; About the Contributors --; Introduction --; 1 Modern Shiʿite Legal Theory and the Classical Tradition --; 2 Muªammad Nā,īr al-Dīn al-Albānī and Traditional Hadith Criticism --; 3 Islamic Tradition in an Age of Print: Editing, Printing and Publishing the Classical Heritage --; 4 Reaching into the Obscure Past: The Islamic Legal Heritage and Reform in the Modern Period --; 5 Reading Sūrat al-Anʿām with Mu`ammad Rashīd Riḑā and Sayyid Quṭb --; 6 Contemporary Iranian Interpretations of the Qurʾan and Tradition on Women's Testimony --; 7 Ibn Taymiyya between Moderation and Radicalism --; 8 The Impact of a Sixteenth-Century Jihad Treatise on Colonial and Modern India --; 9 Jihadist Propaganda and its Exploitation of the Arab Poetic Tradition --; 10 Contemporary Salafi Literature on Paradise and Hell: The Case of ʿUmar Sulaymān al-Ashqar --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474403122; 9783110780444
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474403122
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elisabeth Kendall, Ahmad Khan.

Explores how the classical Islamic tradition has been retrieved, reformed and reshaped in the modern Islamic worldRecent events in the Islamic world have demonstrated the endurance, neglect and careful reshaping of the classical Islamic heritage. A range of modern Islamic movements and intellectuals has sought to reclaim certain concepts, ideas, persons and trends from the Islamic tradition. This book profiles some of the fundamental debates that have defined the conversation between the past and the present in the Islamic world. Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic law, gender, violence and eschatology are just some of the key themes in this study of the Islamic tradition's vitality in the modern Islamic world. This book will allow readers to situate modern developments in the Islamic world within the longue durée of Islamic history and thought.Key FeaturesBrings clarity to modern trends, events and debates in the Islamic world by placing them in their longer historical trajectoriesBrings together experts of the medieval and modern Islamic worldProvides an examination of how the classical Islamic heritage functions in today's Islamic world in regions as diverse as the Middle East, Iran and the Indian subcontinentCase Studies IncludeJihad Treatise Impact in IndiaJihadist PropagandaWomen's Legal Testimony in IslamIslamic Legal Issues in Iran