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The Legal Thought of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti - Authority and Legacy (Hardcover)
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The Legal Thought of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti - Authority and Legacy (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Islamic Legal Studies
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This book offers a new theoretical perspective on the thought of
the great fifteenth-century Egyptian polymath, Jalal al-Din
al-Suyuti (d. 1505). In spite of the enormous popularity that
al-Suyuti's works continue to enjoy amongst scholars and students
in the Muslim world, he remains underappreciated by western
academia. This project contributes to the fields of Mamluk Studies,
Islamic Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies not only an
interdisciplinary analysis of al-Suyuti's legal writing within its
historical context, but also a reflection on the legacy of the
medieval jurist to modern debates. The study highlights the
discursive strategies that the jurist uses to construct his own
authority and frame his identity as a superior legal scholar during
a key transitional moment in Islamic history. The approach aims for
a balance between detailed textual analysis and 'big picture'
questions of how legal identity and religious authority are
constructed, negotiated and maintained. Al-Suyuti's struggle for
authority as one of a select group of trained experts vested with
the moral responsibility of interpreting God's law in society finds
echoes in contemporary debates, particularly in his native land of
Egypt. At a time when increasing numbers of people in the Arab
world have raised their voices to demand democratic forms of
government that nevertheless stay true to the principles of
Shari'a, the issue of who has the ultimate authority to interpret
the sources of law, to set legal norms, and to represent the
'voice' of Shari'a principles in society is still in dispute.
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