The ulama in contemporary Islam : custodians of change Muhammad Qasim Zaman
Material type: TextSeries: Princeton studies in Muslim politicsPublication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2002.Description: xv, 293 p. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780691130705
- 297.61 21
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection | 297.61 ZA UL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T0017112 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book offers the first sustained comparative perspective on the `ulama and their increasingly crucial religious and political activism. It shows how issues of religious authority are debated in contemporary Islam, how Islamic law and tradition are continuously negotiated in a rapidly changing world, and how the `ulama both react to and shape larger Islamic social trends. Introducing previously unexamined facets of religious and political thought in modern Islam, it clarifies the complex processes of religious change unfolding in the contemporary Muslim world and goes a long way toward explaining their vast social and political ramifications.
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