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Author Al-Atawneh, Muhammad K.

Title Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity : Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state / by Muhammad Al-Atawneh.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 207 pages) : map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in Islamic law and society, 1384-1130 ; v. 32
Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 32. 1384-1130
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.
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.
Summary This book examines D?r al-Ift?, the official Saudi religious establishment for issuing fatwas, between 1971 and 1999. Specifically, it explores the challenges that this scholarly body encountered when applying Wahh?b? interpretations of the Shari'a to late twentieth-century modernity.
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Subject Dār al-Iftāʼ al-ʻĀmmah (Saudi Arabia)
Dār al-Iftāʼ al-ʻĀmmah (Saudi Arabia)
Islamic law -- Saudi Arabia.
Islamic law.
Saudi Arabia.
Wahhābīyah -- Saudi Arabia.
Wahhābīyah.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Al-Atawneh, Muhammad K. Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004184695 (DLC) 2010015742 (OCoLC)607323426
ISBN 9789004185708 (electronic book)
9004185704 (electronic book)
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9789004184695
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