Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity : : Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state / / Muhammad Al-Atawneh.
This book focuses on the history and work of the Saudi Dār al-Iftā, one of the most central modern Islamic official religious institutions. The study was undertaken from two perspectives: (1) Dār al-Iftā creation, power structure, functions and the sociopolitical environment in which it operates; an...
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Superior document: | Studies in Islamic law and society, v. 32 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010. |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in Islamic law and society ;
32. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 207 pages) :; map |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Muftīs and Fatwās in Saudi Arabia : background
- Dār Al-Iftā today
- Muftīs, state and society
- Modern Wahhābī jurisprudence
- Bid a Vis-á-Vis Sunna : the limits of change
- Wahhābism applied : flexibility towards change.