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The Promise of Sharīʿa
Studies in Honor of Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl
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Edited by:
Rami Koujah
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English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
This long-overdue volume honors the life and work of Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and a globally renowned scholar in the field of Islamic law, ethics, and human rights. The present work includes original contributions by Professor Abou El Fadl’s students and colleagues, both established and emerging scholars.
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Rami Koujah, Princeton University, USA; Josef Linnhoff, Ohio, USA.
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Introduction
1 - Part I: Foundational Texts and Interpretations
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The Qur’an as a Legal Document: Tradition and Innovation
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Critiques of Reason
29 - Part II: Reconceptualizing Islamic Law: Ethical and Philosophical Dimensions
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On Understanding Sharīʿa: From the Legal to the Moral
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Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa as Virtue Jurisprudence
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A Love Supreme: Sharī‘a, the Morality of Music, and the Islam of Jazz
99 - Part III: Contemporary Challenges and Cultural Contexts
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Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī’s Views on a Holistic Jihād
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The American Problem: Between Sharīʿa, Politics and Culture
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Palestine and the Politics of Muslim Identity
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Medical Treatment in Islamic Law and Ethics: Between Necessity and Futility
211 - Part IV: Scholarly Legacy
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Khaled Abou El Fadl: The Life and the Legacy
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Bibliography of Khaled Abou El Fadl
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eBook published on:
September 17, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111330914
Hardcover published on:
September 17, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111329949
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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236
Coloured Illustrations:
1
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of Islamic Law, Islamic Studies, Islamic Ethics
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