Objectives of Islamic Law (eBook)

Idris Nassery is postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Islamic Theology at the University of Paderborn.Rumee Ahmed is associate dean of arts and associate professor of Islamic law at the University of British Columbia.Muna Tatari is assistant professor of Islamic systematic theology in the Institute of Islamic Theology at the University of Paderborn.

Editor’s IntroductionPart I: Promises1. Goals and Purposes Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah: Methodological Perspectives Mohammad Hashim Kamali2. Realising Maqāṣid in the SharīʿahJasser Auda3. Freedom of Religion in the Age of Multi-Religious Societies with Special Reference to Maqāṣid al-SharīʿahMuhammad Khalid Masud4. The Inviolability of Human Dignity: A Maqāṣidī PerspectiveIdris Nassery5. Qur’ān, Sunnah, Maqāṣid and the Religious Other: The Ideas of Muḥammad Shaḥrūr Adis Duderija6. Ibn ʿĀshūr’s Interpretation of the Purposes of the Law (Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah): An Islamic Modernist Approach to Legal ChangeFelicitas Opwis7. Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah in Islamic Contracts: A Study of Current Practices of Islamic Finance in Light of Islamic Legal MaximsYounes SoualhiPart II: Challenges 8. Reason and Revelation: A Meaningful Contribution to Contemporary Ethical Debates in a Secular Context Muna Tatari9. The Hermeneutical Approach of Shāṭibī on the Basis of the Maqāṣid Definition of Reason: Fundamental Issues of a Modern ReinterpretationMohammed Nekroumi10. The Challenge Facing Islamic Banking and Finance: Has It Moved Away From Its Core Objectives, With Special Reference to Maqāṣid?Habib Ahmed11. The Relationship between Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah and Uṣūl al-Fiqh Cefli Ademi12. Which comes first, the Maqāṣid, or the Sharī‘ah? Rumee Ahmed13. How Objective are the Objectives (Maqāṣid)? Examining Evolving Notions of the Sharī‘ah through the Lens of Lineage (Nasl) Ayesha S. Chaudhry14. Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah as a Legitimization for the Muslim Minorities Law Mouez KhalfaouiEpilogue: Anver Emon