This study introduces and analyzes six works of Muslim jurisprudence (works of takhrij al-furu` `ala al-us[dotbelow]ul ), which address the interrelation of theoretical and practical legal reasoning in Islam. The practical aspect of Islamic law provides evaluations of human acti…
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This dissertation examines the reception of European law in Egypt, the origins of Egyptian movements to revive Islamic law, and foundations of transformations in Egyptian-Islamic legal thought between 1875 and 1960. The dissertation has two principal arguments. First, it maintai…
In this Master's thesis, I plan to compare the following aspects of religious life in Morocco and Turkey: the way religion (Islam) is regulated on the official level, the way religious secondary education functions (imam-hatip schools in Turkey and madrasahs in Morocco), the way…
The 3rd /9th and 4th /10 th centuries witnessed significant developments in Islamic intellectual history. Most of the hadith collections that later came to be recognized as canonical were compiled in this period and the major schools of law and certain theological schools also c…
Contemporary legal theorists and philosophers struggle to formulate standards for the identification of legitimate claims of coercion and specify its effect on moral and legal responsibility. This dissertation is a historical and analytical examination of the juristic and theolo…
This dissertation is a historical research in the formation of the first Islamic State during the era of the Prophet Muh[dotbelow]ammad (ca. 622-32 CE). While many academic works have referred to it largely within either biographical (e.g. 'the life of Muh[dotbelow]ammad' and th…