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08. January 2013

Series Editor's Preface: to Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought, Festschrift in honor of Professor Hossein Modarressi, edited by Asma Sayeed and Inti

Series Preface for Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought By Khaled Abou El Fadl This is the first edited collection of scholarly studies to be published in the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History. It is a volume that I take great pride in introducing to the readers of the series. This single volume includes articles studies by some of the most prominent scholars in the field of Islamic Studies covering a broad array of topics on Islamic theology, philosophy, law, and...

15. March 2012

Preface: to The Fatigue of the Shari‘a by Ahmed A. Ahmed, part of the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law and History, ed. Khaled Abou El Fadl (New York: P

When I was invited to become the editor of the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History, I sought to find works that are not just interesting but compelling—works that can be described as publishing events. I sought to find works that leave an indelible mark on the field that neither the conscientious scholar nor student can rightly ignore. The present book by Ahmad Atif Ahmad, an already accomplished scholar in his own right, is without a doubt an event in the history of Islamic...

15. September 2011

Preface: to Constructing a Religiously Ideal 'Believer' and 'Woman' in Islam by Adis Duderija, part of the Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law and History,

There is a growing number of academic studies on contemporary Islamic thought published in the West each year. Yet despite the sharp increase in books that portend to study the works of modern Muslim theologians and jurists, only a few of these studies manage to offer original insights on the normative assumptions and choices made by the internal participants to the current Muslim discourse. Fewer still are successful in analytically engaging the internal debates of contemporary Muslims on...

15. November 2010

Preface: to Custom in Islamic Law and Legal Theory: the Development of the Concepts of ‘Urf and ‘Adah in the Islamic Legal Tradition by Ayman Shabana

This book is the first volume of a new series on Islamic law and theology that will publish original studies that clearly raise the bar for rigorous scholarship in the field of Islamic Studies. The volumes of this series are chosen not only for their disciplined methodology, exhaustive research, or academic authoritativeness. As importantly, these volumes make critical interventions in the process of understanding the world of Islam as it was, is, and is likely to become. In other words, the...