Transformations of Tradition: Islamic Law in Colonial Modernity

by Junaid Quadri

Transformations of Tradition probes how the encounter with colonial modernity conditioned Islamic jurists' conceptualizations of the shari'a. Departing from the tendency to focus on reformist-minded thinkers and politically charged issues, Junaid Quadri directs his attention towards the overlooked jurisprudential writings of Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti-i (1854-1935), Mufti of Egypt and a frequent critic of the famed reformists Muhammad 'Abduh and Rashid...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190077042
• ISBN13: 9780190077044
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"