Wahhābī Islam Facing the Challenges of Modernity

Dār al-Iftā in the Modern Saudi State

Bibliographic Data

ID23997971
AuthorsMuhammad Al-Atawneh (corresponding author)
Year2010
Publication date2010-06-14
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004184695.i-210
ISBN9789004184695
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This book focuses on the history and work of the Saudi Dār al-Iftā, one of the most central modern Islamic official religious institutions. The study was undertaken from two perspectives: (1) Dār al-Iftā creation, power structure, functions and the sociopolitical environment in which it operates; and (2) The actual work of this institution, mainly the mechanisms by which modern Saudi state muftis cope with clashes between Wahhābī idealism and the reality of an evolving society. This is a critical work which updates the readers' grasp of contemporary law and society in the modern Saudi state, in particular, and in Islamic jurisprudence in general.

Epistemology · Idealism · Institution · Islam · Jurisprudence · Modernity · Political science · Power (physics) · Sharia · Sociology · State (computer science) · Theology · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Engineering · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Socioeconomic Development in MENA

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