Author : Junaid Quadri
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ISBN 13 : 9780190077075
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Transformations of Tradition by : Junaid Quadri
Download or read book Transformations of Tradition written by Junaid Quadri and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformations of Tradition probes how the encounter with colonial modernity conditioned Islamic jurists' conceptualizations of the shari'a. Focusing on the jurisprudential writings of Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti-i (1854-1935), Mufti of Egypt for a time, Junaid Quadri locates a remarkable series of foundational intellectual shifts that throw into doubt the possibility of reading the modern trajectory of Islamic law through the lens of a continuous tradition. Through close readings of complex legal texts and mining archives oft-neglected in the field, this carefully researched study uncovers a sha.