Reclaiming Islamic Tradition: Modern Interpretations of the Classical Heritage

Elisabeth Kendall; Ahmad Khan

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

Reclaiming Islamic Tradition

Modern Interpretations of the Classical Heritage

Elisabeth Kendall and Ahmad Khan

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474403122

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About this book

Explores how the classical Islamic tradition has been retrieved, reformed and reshaped in the modern Islamic world

Recent events in the Islamic world have demonstrated the endurance, neglect and careful reshaping of the classical Islamic heritage. A range of modern Islamic movements and intellectuals has sought to reclaim certain concepts, ideas, persons and trends from the Islamic tradition. This book profiles some of the fundamental debates that have defined the conversation between the past and the present in the Islamic world. Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic law, gender, violence and eschatology are just some of the key themes in this study of the Islamic tradition’s vitality in the modern Islamic world. This book will allow readers to situate modern developments in the Islamic world within the longue durée of Islamic history and thought.

Key Features

Brings clarity to modern trends, events and debates in the Islamic world by placing them in their longer historical trajectories
Brings together experts of the medieval and modern Islamic world
Provides an examination of how the classical Islamic heritage functions in today’s Islamic world in regions as diverse as the Middle East, Iran and the Indian subcontinent

Case Studies Include

Jihad Treatise Impact in India
Jihadist Propaganda
Women’s Legal Testimony in Islam
Islamic Legal Issues in Iran

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	v
About the Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Introduction Elisabeth Kendall and Ahmad Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Modern Shiʿite Legal Theory and the Classical Tradition Robert Gleave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2 Muªammad Nā‚īr al-Dīn al-Albānī and Traditional Hadith Criticism Christopher Melchert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3 Islamic Tradition in an Age of Print: Editing, Printing and Publishing the Classical Heritage Ahmad Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
4 Reaching into the Obscure Past: The Islamic Legal Heritage and Reform in the Modern Period Jonathan A. C. Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
5 Reading Sūrat al-Anʿām with Mu`ammad Rashīd Riḑā and Sayyid Quṭb Nicolai Sinai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
6 Contemporary Iranian Interpretations of the Qurʾan and Tradition on Women’s Testimony Karen Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
7 Ibn Taymiyya between Moderation and Radicalism Jon Hoover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
8 The Impact of a Sixteenth-Century Jihad Treatise on Colonial and Modern India Carole Hillenbrand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
9 Jihadist Propaganda and its Exploitation of the Arab Poetic Tradition Elisabeth Kendall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
10 Contemporary Salafi Literature on Paradise and Hell: The Case of ʿUmar Sulaymān al-Ashqar Christian Lange Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Other: 3 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: July 18, 2016
ISBN: 9781474403122