Islamic Law: Introductory Materials

This text is recommended reading for Islamic law courses at several universities. It is written by Hallaq, a pre-eminent and established expert for Islamic legal studies, and Avalon Foundation Professor in Columbia University.

Description: Part 1 discusses pre-modern Islamic law, while Part 2 explains how it was transformed in the colonial period. It then charts recent developments and how Islamists have negotiated the changes. The book with its chronology, glossary and lists of further readings will serve as a helpful introduction for first time students learning the fundamentals of Islamic law.

Designed for general readers with little or no knowledge of Islam, this dictionary provides more than 2000 vivid entries organized in an easy-to-use, A-Z format.

Presented for convenience as a separate data set, the Glossary is an invaluable source of information for both the non-specialist, who is given an insight into the varied and rich vocabulary of Islam, and the specialist, who may discover surprising new contexts in which a term is being used.

Volume topics are as followed: Vol. 2. Dimensions of Islamic law; Vol. 3. Islamic law and society; Vol. 4. Islamic law and family; Vol. 5. Islamic law and marriage; Vol. 6. Islamic law and divorce; Vol. 7. Islamic law and security (on order); Vol. 8. Islamic law and criminology; Vol. 9. Jurisprudence under Islamic law; Vol. 10. Islamic law and endowment; Vol. 11. Islamic law and human rights

Volume topics are as followed: Vol. 1. Concepts of Islamic Law; Vol. 2. Foundation of Islamic Law; Vol. 3. Islamic Law in Practice; Vol. 4. Civil Law in Islam; Vol. 5. Family Law in Islam; Vol. 6. Law of Marriage and Divorce in Islam; Vol. 7. Law of Waqf in Islam; Vol. 8. Criminal Law in Islam; Vol. 9. Jurisprudence in Islam; Vol. 10. Law of Governance in Islam

Volume topics are as followed: Vol. 1. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on religion; Vol. 2. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on faith; Vol. 4. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on ideology; Vol. 5. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on prophet; Vol. 6. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on morality; Vol. 7. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on etiquettes; Vol. 8. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on family; Vol. 9. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on society; Vol. 10. Manual of Islam : Islamic Shariat on polity

Dating back to its 1st Edition in 1913, this reference work includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century, attention to Muslim minorities all over the world and full attention to social science as well as humanistic perspectives.

Dating back to its 1st Edition in 1913, this reference work includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century, attention to Muslim minorities all over the world and full attention to social science as well as humanistic perspectives.

Encyclopaedia Islamica is an abridged translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʾārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. It complements other encyclopedias due to its unique attention given to Shiʾi Islam and its rich and diverse heritage.

Encyclopedic dictionary of qur'anic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'anic studies.

Provides accurate, comprehensive, and balanced scholarship on Islam and the areas it affects: society, politics, economics, everyday life, culture, and thought.

Volume topics are as followed: Vol. 1. The Formation of the Islamic World, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries; Vol. 2. The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries; Vol. 3. The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries; Vol. 4. Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century; Vol. 5. The Islamic World in the Age of Western Dominance; Vol. 6. Muslims and Modernity: Culture and Society since 1800

The essential one-volume work of reference on Islam, fully revised with added articles, including maps of the Islamic world today and through history, a chronology, and genealogical tables of key dynasties of the faith.

The encyclopedia provides access to the ideas and people comprising almost 1400 years of Islamic philosophical tradition. It goes beyond philosophy to reference all kinds of theoretical inquiry which were often linked with philosophy, such as the Islamic sciences, grammar, theology, law, and traditions. Every major school of thought, from classical Peripatetic philosophy to Sufi mysticism, is represented, and entries range across time from the early years of the faith to the modern period.

Covering a wide range of topics, this publication also includes a survey of Islamic banks and financial institutions, research and educational bodies, a comprehensive bibliography and a glossary of Arabic terms commonly used in Islamic financing.

A groundbreaking reference work reflecting the very latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world, using an interdisciplinary, trans-historical, and global approach to examine women & Islamic cultures in countries with significant Muslim populations.

Written by leading international experts and with a concentration on contemporary issues, the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women has more than 450 articles providing clear, current, comprehensive information on the major scholarly topics within the study of Islam and women.

Employing a historiographical approach, expert scholars in Islamic legal studies highlight the contested nature of key concepts and topics in Islamic law without taking any particular account for granted.

The Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society provides an examination of the role of Islamic law as it applies in Muslim and non-Muslim societies through legislation, fatwa, court cases, sermons, media, or scholarly debate.

This handbook is a detailed reference source comprising original articles covering the origins, history, theory and practice of Islamic law.

The volume presents classical Islamic law through a historiographical introduction to and analysis of Western scholarship, while key debates about hot-button issues in modern-day circumstances are also addressed. In twenty-one chapters, distinguished authors offer an overview of their particular specialty, reflect on past and current thinking, and point to directions for future research.