What is the ‘Land of Islam’? One of the main concepts that shape Muslim minorities’ worldview and lifestyle is the concept of ‘Muslim countries’, or in other expressions, the ‘Islamic World’ or the ‘Land of Islam’. This concept has a great impact on the ‘contextualisation’ of Muslims in the west in general and in the UK in specific.
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Abstract This article is a re-examination of the concept of ‘land of Islam’ in the fiqh (understanding) of the classic schools of the Islamic jurisprudence. The objective is to understand the criteria that jurists use for rendering a certain land to be a ‘Land of Islam’. The study reveals that neither Muslims being a majority, nor the application of the corporal part of the Islamic criminal law (ḥudud), is a valid criterion. The study also reveals that the fundamental criteria used in the Islamic jurisprudence have to do with security (al-amn), freedom to practice the Islamic acts of worship (sha˒a’ir al-islam), and justice (al-˒adl).
Read MoreNewly established Center for the Study of Islamic law and ethics in Qatar, than raising the amount of attention Islamic behaviors applications. Christoph Dreyer in dialogue with Jasser Auda, deputy director of the Center for the Study of Islamic legislation and ethics in Qatar.Started the Center for the Study of Islamic legislation and ethics at the beginning of this year, his work, and you occupy a position of Deputy Director. What’s the need for a such a center?
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Book Title: Islamic Thought: An Approach to Reform – Author: Taha Jabir Al-Alwani – Translator: Nancy Riberts – Publisher: The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) – Year of Publication: 2006
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أقرأ The first international conference of the Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) was held in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday March 9th. 2013. The conference was entitled “Arts and Politics from an Islamic Perspective: Critical Questions” and was the first international conference organized by CILE, a member of Qatar Foundation. The one-day conference brought together scholars of Islamic jurisprudence, artists and politicians from around the world to discuss critical issues pertinent to today’s cultural and political spheres.
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