MUSLIMS IN NON-MUSLIM LANDS by Amjad M. Mohammed ( 9781903682746 )

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MUSLIMS IN NON-MUSLIM LANDS
A LEGAL STUDY WITH APPLICATIONS

By:

Amjad M. Mohammed

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1903682746

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THE ISLAMIC TEXTS SOCIETY

Pub. date:

27 June, 2013

Pages:

320

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Muslims in Non-Muslim Lands is a legal study that illustrates the flexibility of Islamic jurisprudence and its ability to deal with and to accommodate the minority status of Muslims living in Western countries.

Synopsis:

Since the Second World War, there has been a significant migration of Muslims to countries in the Western world. Muslims in Non-Muslim Land traces the process by which these migrants arrived in Western Europe - in particular Britain - and explains how the community developed its faith identity through three particular stances: assimilation, isolation and integration. The findings argue that the assumption that Islam causes Muslims to isolate from the indigenous population and form a 'state within a state' is false and that Islamic Law actually gives Muslims confidence and the ability to integrate within the wider society. The theological view that all non-Muslim lands are dar alarb (domain of war) is challenged, and the study shows that the traditional interpretive model of Islamic Law inherently possesses the flexibility and applicability to take into consideration minority-status of Muslims in Britain. Muslims in Non-Muslim Land focuses on Islamic Law as interpreted by the anafi Law school and highlights in detail the multi-pronged and robust nature of its legal theory and subsequent application.What is ground-breaking about Muslims in Non-Muslim Lands is that it illustrates the ability of anafi Law to deal with contemporary issues in a wide range of subjects. It also provides Muslims with ways of Islamically resolving medical, financial and political concerns. The study concludes that Islamic Law can facilitate the integration of Muslim minorities within secular societies while allowing them to still remain true to their faith.

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