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Al-Atawneh, Muhammad K.

Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity : Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state / by Muhammad Al-Atawneh. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - 1 online resource (xxii, 207 pages) : map - - Studies in Islamic law and society, v. 32 1384-1130 ; . - Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 32. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.

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.

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.


English.

ISBN: 9789004185708 9004185704 1282952722 9781282952720 9786612952722 6612952725

Standard No.: 10.1163/ej.9789004184695.i-210 doi

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Dār al-Iftāʼ al-ʻĀmmah (Saudi Arabia)
Dār al-Iftāʼ al-ʻĀmmah (Saudi Arabia)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islamic law--Saudi Arabia.
Wahhābīyah--Saudi Arabia.
Droit islamique--Arabie saoudite.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
Islamic law
Wahhābīyah

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Saudi Arabia

LC Class. No.: KBP69.S33 / A38 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 297.8/1409538