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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 32.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 207 pages) : mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004185708
  • 9004185704
  • 1282952722
  • 9781282952720
  • 9786612952722
  • 6612952725
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity.DDC classification:
  • 297.8/1409538 22
LOC classification:
  • KBP69.S33 A38 2010eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)351136

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.

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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.