Defining Islam for the Egyptian state : : muftis and fatwas of the Dār al-Iftā / / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen.
This book traces the history of the Dār al-Iftā, the Egyptian State Mufti's administration, from its inception in the 1890s to the present. Often uncomfortably positioned between a state bureaucracy and an emerging Muslim public concerned with the transmission of Islamic values, the various S...
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| Superior document: | Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 59 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, New York, New York : : Brill,, [1997] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Acknowledgments / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- A Note on Transliteration / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter One Introduction / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Two The Background: 19th Century Political, Educational, Legal and Religious Developments / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Three Case Study I: The Telegraph and the New Moon / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Four The Formation of the Dār al-Iftā 1895-1928 / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Five 1928-1954: The Emergence of other Fatwa Bodies / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Six 1954-1978: Muftis in Eclipse / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Seven 1970-1990: Islamization on the Agenda / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Eight The Dār al-Ifrā Responds: Jādd al-Ḥaqq (1978-1982) / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Nine The Dār al-Ifrā Today: Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī (1986-) / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Ten Case Study II: The Fatwa on Savings Certificates / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Eleven Case Study III: Never Change Your Sex in Cairo / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Twelve Case Study IV: Religion and Risk / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Chapter Thirteen Conclusion / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Appendix / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Bibliography / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Index / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
- Social, Economic and Political Studies of The Middle East and Asia / Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen.