Amr Osman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3699440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amr Osman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amr |
| FAMILY NAME | Osman |
| SIGNATURE | OSMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Qatar University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1550-6234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Modern Medicine and the Right to Die
The development of modern medicine, with its immense capabilities in treating patients and preserving their lives, has been accompanied by the emergence of a range of philosophical, ethical, and practical dilemmas linked to a large number of issues with social, economic, and religious dimensions. These issues have given rise to what is known in Western countries as the “right to die”, which some thinkers view as the ultimate expression of liberal…
Islam and Copyright
This article presents and discusses views of some contemporary Arab scholars who have examined the validity of the notion of copyright from the point of view of Islamic law as they understand it. Whereas a few of these scholars have rejected the notion altogether, most of them have argued for its compatibility with Islamic law. To argue for or against the validity of copyright from the point of view of Islamic law, these scholars have employed an…
Pre-Casting as an Alternative Technique for Compensation of Missing Parts
This research deals with some defects resulting from the compensation of granite artifacts by direct casting including the leakage of a used liquid or plastic substance on the surface of the artifact causing its distortion. It also includes the subsequent treatment that is carried out to clean such leakage by using mechanical abrasive tools resulting in scratches, cracks, surface deformation, loss, etc. Additionally, the application of unsuitable…
The Right to be Forgotten
In a landmark 1994 case, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that individuals had the right to ask for Internet links that contained certain information about them to be delisted by search engines. This came to be known as the “right to be forgotten.” This paper discusses the extent to which this right is consistent with the Islamic tradition. Following an overview of some aspects of the right to be forgotten and why it is endorsed i…
The Relevance of Islamic Law to Non-Muslims in Muslim Juridical Sources
A standard question in early and medieval works of uṣūl al-fiqh (the theory and principles of Islamic jurisprudence) was whether non-Muslims were addressed by the specific rules of Islamic law and meant to abide by them. Despite some evidence that it was rooted in legal issues that early Muslim societies faced, a later trend in uṣūl al-fiqh turned it into a rather pedantic subject irrelevant to real life in these societies, as some notable Muslim…
Abortion Laws in Muslim Countries
In most countries where Islam is acknowledged as a, or the , source of legislation, abortion is permitted under certain conditions and at certain stages of pregnancy. This article examines some of these laws and argue that they represent a continuation of the logic that governed the views of pre-modern Muslim jurists on abortion, that is, harm aversion. However, these laws also add a ‘modernist’ twist to that logic – rather than repealing that lo…
Detection of Proteins as Organic Additive in Flooring Mortars Used in Excavated Remains From Anba Shenoute Monastery, Sohag, Egypt
Detecting organic additives in ancient mortars is significant to be carried out as far as mineralogical, chemical, and physical investigations. That characterisation allows understanding the technology of those mortars and is important to make appropriate decisions in conservation works. Previous characterisations of organic additives in mortars, including jointing and flooring ones used in the Red Monastery located next to AnbaShenoute monastery…
Accusations of Unbelief in Islam
Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: A Diachronic Perspective on Takfīr, edited by Camilla Adang, Hassan Ansari, Maribel Fierro, and Sabine Schmidtke (Islamic History and Civilization, Studies and Texts, 123) (Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2016), xviii+534 pp., ISBN: 978-90-04-30473-4 (hb) & 978-90-04-30783-4 (e-book), â ¬172.00 / $223.00 (hb) (First paragraph) This volume takes its readers in a journey of the subject of takfīr (generally rendered “accusa…
Characterization of Historical Mortar Used in Loom Factory Site at Abydos
This paper aims to characterize historical mortars taken from joints in Loom Factory site atAbydos Sohag (Egypt). This characterization includes their composition and technology, theirstate of preservation as well as provides a guide for their possible conservation process. Amultidisciplinary approach has been adopted for investigations. Samples were investigated bymeans of visual inspection, polarizing microscope (PM), scanning electron microsco…
Abrogation in the Qurʾan and Islamic Law
Controversies over established views in Islamic legal history are usually sparked when their origins are challenged. More often than not, these challenges call into question the authenticity of these views, pointing to uncertainties and contradictions, or to deliberate distortions that secured their place in either orthodoxy or orthopraxis. In modern times, these challenges tend to be raised by authors who are not graduates of traditional religio…
Past Contradictions, Contemporary Dilemmas
To what extent is the present of Muslim societies influenced by their past? How do politics and historiography relate to each other in medieval and contemporary Islam? More specifically, can events from early Islamic history help us understand current events in Muslim countries? By discussing how some of these remote events have contributed to the emergence of certain political views, this article argues that they are still relevant to the presen…
The Ẓāhirī Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th Century)
In this book, Amr Osman seeks to expand and re-interpret what we know about the history and doctrine of the Ẓāhirī madhhab. Based on an extensive prosopographical survey, he concludes that the founder, Dāwūd al-Ẓāhirī, was closer in profile and doctrine to the Ahl al-Ra'y than to the Ahl al-Ḥadīth. Furthermore, Ibn Ḥazm al-Andalusī may have had a damaging effect on the madhhab, which never actually developed into a full-fledged school of law. By …
The Ẓāhirī Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th century)
ʿAdālat al-Ṣaḥāba
This article investigates the development of ʿadālat al-ṣaḥāba , a central doctrine in Sunnī orthodoxy that stresses the integrity of the Prophet Muḥammad’s Companions. The examination of relevant Sunnī works indicates that the doctrine crystalized in the 5th/11th century, by which time the basic tenets of the doctrine had been developed. These include, among other things, the definition of Companions and their essential role in securing the auth…
Human Intervention in Divine Speech
Muslims regard the Qur'an as divine speech; therefore, the scope of human intervention in shaping and interpreting it is often downplayed. One hitherto neglected aspect of the history of the Qur'an and the redaction of its text is the introduction of waqf categories which dictate where a Qur'an reciter must, should or cannot pause while reading the Qur'an and how this affects its meaning. This paper deals with the history of the introduction of t…
Abortion Laws in Muslim Countries
In most countries where Islam is acknowledged as a, or the , source of legislation, abortion is permitted under certain conditions and at certain stages of pregnancy. This article examines some of these laws and argue that they represent a continuation of the logic that governed the views of pre-modern Muslim jurists on abortion, that is, harm aversion. However, these laws also add a ‘modernist’ twist to that logic – rather than repealing that lo…
Past Contradictions, Contemporary Dilemmas
To what extent is the present of Muslim societies influenced by their past? How do politics and historiography relate to each other in medieval and contemporary Islam? More specifically, can events from early Islamic history help us understand current events in Muslim countries? By discussing how some of these remote events have contributed to the emergence of certain political views, this article argues that they are still relevant to the presen…
Human Intervention in Divine Speech
Muslims regard the Qur'an as divine speech; therefore, the scope of human intervention in shaping and interpreting it is often downplayed. One hitherto neglected aspect of the history of the Qur'an and the redaction of its text is the introduction of waqf categories which dictate where a Qur'an reciter must, should or cannot pause while reading the Qur'an and how this affects its meaning. This paper deals with the history of the introduction of t…
ʿAdālat al-Ṣaḥāba
This article investigates the development of ʿadālat al-ṣaḥāba , a central doctrine in Sunnī orthodoxy that stresses the integrity of the Prophet Muḥammad’s Companions. The examination of relevant Sunnī works indicates that the doctrine crystalized in the 5th/11th century, by which time the basic tenets of the doctrine had been developed. These include, among other things, the definition of Companions and their essential role in securing the auth…
The Ẓāhirī Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th Century)
In this book, Amr Osman seeks to expand and re-interpret what we know about the history and doctrine of the Ẓāhirī madhhab. Based on an extensive prosopographical survey, he concludes that the founder, Dāwūd al-Ẓāhirī, was closer in profile and doctrine to the Ahl al-Ra'y than to the Ahl al-Ḥadīth. Furthermore, Ibn Ḥazm al-Andalusī may have had a damaging effect on the madhhab, which never actually developed into a full-fledged school of law. By …
The Ẓāhirī Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th century)
Past Contradictions, Contemporary Dilemmas
To what extent is the present of Muslim societies influenced by their past? How do politics and historiography relate to each other in medieval and contemporary Islam? More specifically, can events from early Islamic history help us understand current events in Muslim countries? By discussing how some of these remote events have contributed to the emergence of certain political views, this article argues that they are still relevant to the presen…
Characterization of Historical Mortar Used in Loom Factory Site at Abydos
This paper aims to characterize historical mortars taken from joints in Loom Factory site atAbydos Sohag (Egypt). This characterization includes their composition and technology, theirstate of preservation as well as provides a guide for their possible conservation process. Amultidisciplinary approach has been adopted for investigations. Samples were investigated bymeans of visual inspection, polarizing microscope (PM), scanning electron microsco…
Abrogation in the Qurʾan and Islamic Law
Controversies over established views in Islamic legal history are usually sparked when their origins are challenged. More often than not, these challenges call into question the authenticity of these views, pointing to uncertainties and contradictions, or to deliberate distortions that secured their place in either orthodoxy or orthopraxis. In modern times, these challenges tend to be raised by authors who are not graduates of traditional religio…
Accusations of Unbelief in Islam
Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: A Diachronic Perspective on Takfīr, edited by Camilla Adang, Hassan Ansari, Maribel Fierro, and Sabine Schmidtke (Islamic History and Civilization, Studies and Texts, 123) (Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2016), xviii+534 pp., ISBN: 978-90-04-30473-4 (hb) & 978-90-04-30783-4 (e-book), â ¬172.00 / $223.00 (hb) (First paragraph) This volume takes its readers in a journey of the subject of takfīr (generally rendered “accusa…
Detection of Proteins as Organic Additive in Flooring Mortars Used in Excavated Remains From Anba Shenoute Monastery, Sohag, Egypt
Detecting organic additives in ancient mortars is significant to be carried out as far as mineralogical, chemical, and physical investigations. That characterisation allows understanding the technology of those mortars and is important to make appropriate decisions in conservation works. Previous characterisations of organic additives in mortars, including jointing and flooring ones used in the Red Monastery located next to AnbaShenoute monastery…
The Relevance of Islamic Law to Non-Muslims in Muslim Juridical Sources
A standard question in early and medieval works of uṣūl al-fiqh (the theory and principles of Islamic jurisprudence) was whether non-Muslims were addressed by the specific rules of Islamic law and meant to abide by them. Despite some evidence that it was rooted in legal issues that early Muslim societies faced, a later trend in uṣūl al-fiqh turned it into a rather pedantic subject irrelevant to real life in these societies, as some notable Muslim…
Abortion Laws in Muslim Countries
In most countries where Islam is acknowledged as a, or the , source of legislation, abortion is permitted under certain conditions and at certain stages of pregnancy. This article examines some of these laws and argue that they represent a continuation of the logic that governed the views of pre-modern Muslim jurists on abortion, that is, harm aversion. However, these laws also add a ‘modernist’ twist to that logic – rather than repealing that lo…
Pre-Casting as an Alternative Technique for Compensation of Missing Parts
This research deals with some defects resulting from the compensation of granite artifacts by direct casting including the leakage of a used liquid or plastic substance on the surface of the artifact causing its distortion. It also includes the subsequent treatment that is carried out to clean such leakage by using mechanical abrasive tools resulting in scratches, cracks, surface deformation, loss, etc. Additionally, the application of unsuitable…
The Right to be Forgotten
In a landmark 1994 case, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that individuals had the right to ask for Internet links that contained certain information about them to be delisted by search engines. This came to be known as the “right to be forgotten.” This paper discusses the extent to which this right is consistent with the Islamic tradition. Following an overview of some aspects of the right to be forgotten and why it is endorsed i…
Islam and Copyright
This article presents and discusses views of some contemporary Arab scholars who have examined the validity of the notion of copyright from the point of view of Islamic law as they understand it. Whereas a few of these scholars have rejected the notion altogether, most of them have argued for its compatibility with Islamic law. To argue for or against the validity of copyright from the point of view of Islamic law, these scholars have employed an…
Modern Medicine and the Right to Die
The development of modern medicine, with its immense capabilities in treating patients and preserving their lives, has been accompanied by the emergence of a range of philosophical, ethical, and practical dilemmas linked to a large number of issues with social, economic, and religious dimensions. These issues have given rise to what is known in Western countries as the “right to die”, which some thinkers view as the ultimate expression of liberal…
Islam (9 works) · Islamic Studies and History (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Theology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Families in Therapy and Culture (4 works) · Law (4 works)