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Showing 1 to 20 of 250 for “"Islamic law"”.
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War in Islamic Law : justifications and regulations
… international and domestic armed conflicts under Islamic law. It studies the various kinds of use of force by both state and non-state actors in order to determine the nature of the Islamic law of war, specifically, whether Islamic law sanctions “holy war”, offensive war or only defensive war. It …
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Women and Islamic law in Marinid Morocco
… century) through their engagement with Islamic law. At the same time, it investigates the implementation of the Maliki school of Islamic law in the premodern Islamic West through cases involving women. Specifically, it explores the conflicts that arose when women challenged men's …
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Foundations and conditions of copyright in Islamic law
… moral foundations of copyright in the "Shari'a" (Islamic Law), with reference to various schools of "figh" (Islamic Jurisprudence). By following the methodological principles and proofs in the sources of Shari 'a, the study provides the main authoritative groundings for copyright. Examination of …
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Islamic law and social change : a legal perspective
… in the first instance to ascertain whether Islamic legal theory (usul) has made provisions for the accommodation of changing social exigencies. If such provisions have been made, are they adequately employed to achieve optimum benefit? In the second instance, the Islamic judicial process of …
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Evidence for the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ Examined through the Islamic Law
… of Jesus Christ passes examination under the Islamic law of evidence. This is significant because Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and the only great world religion whose sacred book expressly denies Jesus’s crucifixion and, by implication, his resurrection. Moreover, while …
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Tort and Contract Remedies in Islamic law: A Comparative Study with Anglo-American Law
… focus primarily on the available remedies in Islamic law for torts and contracts breach. The dissertation covers damages, restitution, coercive remedies, and declaratory remedies in Islamic law and compares them to Anglo-American Law. This dissertation will attempt to synthesize the remedies …
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Islamic Law of Warfare and the Question of Suicide Terrorism: An Usuli Twelver Shia Perspective
… religion of Islam. Muslim militant groups use Islamic jurisprudential terms, including jihad, to justify their otherwise felonious acts of terrorism. This tactic of sanctification of criminal acts of terrorism by use of Islamic legal terms and language may lead one to decide that it is Islamic …
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Linguistic principles in Usul al-fiqh and their effect on legal reasoning in Islamic law
… are used in the process of legal reasoning in Islamic law. These linguistic principles represent an important branch of the science of usu1 al-fiqh on its part represents the theoretical basis for the Shari ah and indisputable foundations upon which the whole structure of Islamic law is built. …
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The intersection between the Islamic law of inheritance and the South African law of succession
… provisions recognising Muslim personal law – even though the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution) makes provision for such legislation to be enacted. Consequently, Muslims have been practicing their Islamic family laws of marriage, divorce, and …
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The legality of 'war' in Al-Shari'a Al-Islamiya (the Islamic Law) and contemporary international law
… comparative study in Al-Shari'a Al-Islamiya (The Islamic Law) and contemporary international law on the subject of the legality of `lq War. It must be pointed out at the outset that the term `lq War is not the precise term to apply to the subject of this thesis, and we often put this term between …
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The concept of bankruptcy (al-Iflas) under Islamic law : a comparison with English and Malaysian personal bankruptcy laws
… with the concept of bankruptcy (a]-iflias) under Islamic law in detail with special reference to Sunni schools of law (a1-madhahib)- To do this, the Qur'an, Hadith, their commentaries and classical manuals of Sunni schools are consulted. It also deals with English and Malaysian Personal Bankruptcy …
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A History in the Making: Muslim Sexual and Gender Diversity between International Human Rights Law and Islamic Law
… diversity related to international human rights law and Islamic law, as well as an ethnographic account of contemporary Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan whose pluralist sexual and gender experience defies the punitive gaze of state law.<br/><br/>The central hypothesis of this project is that critical …
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Ijtihad in Twelver Shi-ism : the interpretation and application of Islamic law in the context of changing Muslim society
… purpose of the thesis is to investigate whether Islamic laws, without relaxing the nature of the Shari 'a, could be expanded and adapted to meet the changing needs of modem Muslim societies. The focus is on the Shi'ites' approach to the law with special reference to the debates in Iran following …
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Exploring the boundaries of making two dimensional figurative artworks within Islamic law for Kuwaiti art, craft and design education
… literary research, study of scripture and Islamic scholarship, reflexive art-making and qualitative interview-based research to clarify the basic rules which govern the lawfulness and unlawfulness of figurative representation in Islam, with specific reference to the Sunni tradition in …
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Collective Duties (farḍ Kifāya) In Islamic Law: The Moral Community, State Authority And Ethical Speculation In The Premodern Period
… studies a unique subset of legal obligations in Islamic law known as “collective duties” (farḍ kifāya) and focuses on juristic writing in the premodern period between the 9th and 14th centuries C.E. Together with the more widely recognized “individual obligations” (farḍ ʿayn), these duties …
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Dissolution of companies and partnerships : a comparative study between Saudi law and English law in the light of Islamic law
… dissolution of companies and partnerships in the law of Saudi Arabia, in Islamic Law (with which Saudi law must comply), and in English law, one of the oldest and most important legal systems in existence. This aim will be achieved through the exploration and analysis of these causes. Critique …
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