Contemporary issues in Islam / Asma Afsaruddin.
2015
DS63.123 .A37 2015
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Title
Contemporary issues in Islam / Asma Afsaruddin.
ISBN
074863276X
9780748632770
0748632778
9780748632763
9780748632244 (e-book)
9780748632770
0748632778
9780748632763
9780748632244 (e-book)
Published
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
Copyright
2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (232 pages).
Call Number
DS63.123 .A37 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
939.4-956
Summary
Asma Afsaruddin explores how Islamic concepts have evolved and transformed over time, both in how they are defined and how they are applied. Afsaruddin follows certain concepts, like jihad (holy war) and shahada (martyrdom), and explains how they have been understood in different historical circumstances. By analysing biographical dictionaries from different times, such as Ibn Hajars in the 14th century, she plots the changes in how society viewed womens roles. And she investigates the historicity of claims made by Islamists today that their version of political Islam goes back to the first century of Islam by surveying early historical, political and hadith works.
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Asma Afsaruddin explores how Islamic concepts have evolved and transformed over time, both in how they are defined and how they are applied. Afsaruddin follows certain concepts, like jihad (holy war) and shahada (martyrdom), and explains how they have been understood in different historical circumstances. By analysing biographical dictionaries from different times, such as Ibn Hajars in the 14th century, she plots the changes in how society viewed womens roles. And she investigates the historicity of claims made by Islamists today that their version of political Islam goes back to the first century of Islam by surveying early historical, political and hadith works.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
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Contemporary issues in Islam.
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