Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Frontmatter V
3. Contents V
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Foundational Texts and Interpretations
6. The Qur’an as a Legal Document: Tradition and Innovation 7
7. Critiques of Reason 29
8. Part II: Reconceptualizing Islamic Law: Ethical and Philosophical Dimensions
9. On Understanding Sharīʿa: From the Legal to the Moral 51
10. Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa as Virtue Jurisprudence 73
11. A Love Supreme: Sharī‘a, the Morality of Music, and the Islam of Jazz 99
12. Part III: Contemporary Challenges and Cultural Contexts
13. Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī’s Views on a Holistic Jihād 131
14. The American Problem: Between Sharīʿa, Politics and Culture 157
15. Palestine and the Politics of Muslim Identity 185
16. Medical Treatment in Islamic Law and Ethics: Between Necessity and Futility 211
17. Part IV: Scholarly Legacy
18. Khaled Abou El Fadl: The Life and the Legacy 225
19. Bibliography of Khaled Abou El Fadl
20. Notes on Contributors