Publication

2002 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

73,250 words, Guess

Page Count

293 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • Goodreads1494806
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002020127
  • OCLC Control Number48893049
  • Better World Books9780691096803
  • Open LibraryOL3558806M

Classifications

  • DDC297.6/1
  • LCCBP185 .Z36 2002
  • LCCBP185.Z36 2002

First Sentence

MODERN SCHOLARSHIP has often viewed the premodern Islamic legal tradition as a highly rigid structure, defined in opposition to the social and political institutions of society, and resistant to change once its fundamental principles and doctrines had been articulated in the first centuries of Islam.

Excerpt

MODERN SCHOLARSHIP has often viewed the premodern Islamic legal tradition as a highly rigid structure, defined in opposition to the social and political institutions of society, and resistant to change once its fundamental principles and doctrines had been articulated in the first centuries of Islam.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Princeton studies in Muslim politics

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Other Editions

  • The ulama in contemporary Islam: custodians of changePrinceton University Press2002-01-01

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