Sharīʿa and Muslim minorities : the Wasaṭī and Salafī approaches to fiqh al-aqalliyyāt al-Muslima
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Sharīʿa and Muslim minorities : the Wasaṭī and Salafī approaches to fiqh al-aqalliyyāt al-Muslima
(Oxford Islamic legal studies)
Oxford University Press, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-294) and index
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Description
Based on a comparative analysis of several hundred religio-juristic treatises and fatwas (religious decisions), Shari'a and Muslim Minorities: The Wasati and Salafi Approaches to Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat al-Muslima offers the most systematic and comprehensive study to date of fiqh al aqalliyyat al-Muslima - the field in Islamic jurisprudence that treats issues that are unique to Muslims living in majority non-Muslim societies. The book argues that two
main contesting approaches to fiqh al-aqalliyyat al-Muslima, the wasati and the salafi, have developed, in part dialectically. While both envision a future Islamizing of the West as a main justification for Muslim residence in the West, the wasati approach is pragmatic, facilitating, and integration-minded, whereas the
salafi calls for strict application of religious norms and for introversion.
The volume examines diverse and highly-debated juristic issues, including the permissibility of naturalizing in non-Muslim states, participating in their electoral systems and serving in their militaries and police forces; the permissibility of taking mortgages and student loans; the permissibility of congratulating Christians on Christmas or receiving Christmas bonuses; and the permissibility of working in professions that involve breaching of religio-legal prohibitions (e.g. serving pork).
Discussions highlight the diversity within contemporary Islamic jurisprudence and introduce new nuances to highly-charged concepts such as proselytizing, integration, and multiculturalism.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Wasatiyya and Salafiyya: A Conflict of Ideologies and Methodologies
- 2. The Wasati and Salafi Approaches to the Religious Law of Muslin Minorities
- 3. Muslim Minorities and Non-Muslim Societies
- 4. Muslim Minorities and Non-Muslim States
- Conclusion
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