Islamic Law and Society

<p>This book places context at the core of the Islamic mechanism of <i>ift?’ </i>to better understand the process of issuing <i>fatw?s </i>in Muslim and non-Muslim countries thus highlighting the connection between context and contemporaneity on one hand and the adaptable perception of Islamic law on the other. </p><p>The practice of <i>ift?’ </i>is one of the most important mechanisms of Islamic law that keeps Islamic thought about ethical and legal issues in harmony with the demands exigencies and developments of time. This book builds upon the existing body of work related to the practice of <i>ift?’</i> but takes the discussion beyond the current debates with the intent of unveiling the interaction between Islamic legal methodologies and different environmental contexts. The book specifically addresses the three institutions (Saudi Arabia’s D?r al-Ift?’ Turkey’s Diyanet and America’s FCNA) and their Islamic legal opinions (<i>fatw?s</i>) in a comparative framework. This demonstrates the existence of complex and diverse ideas around similar issues within contemporary Islamic legal opinions that is further complicated by the influence of international social political cultural and ideological contexts. The book thus unveils a more complicated range of interactive constituents in the process of the practice of <i>ift?’ </i>and its outputs <i>fatw?s</i>.</p><p>The work will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of Islamic law Middle Eastern studies religion and politics.</p>