American Journal of Islam and Society, 41(2), 2024
In the post-Arab Spring period, Abdullah Bin Bayyah has emerged as one of the principal exponents... more In the post-Arab Spring period, Abdullah Bin Bayyah has emerged as one of the principal exponents of the anti-revolutionary front. Dissatisfied with the Islamist solution to the socio-political crisis in the Middle East, Bin Bayyah has called for the establishment of a new jurisprudence based on fiqh al-wāqiʿ (jurisprudence of Rezart Beka is an academic consultant for the Digital Sirah Project in the College of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifah University in Doha, Qatar. In 2022, he received his Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Georgetown University. In 2016, he received an M.A. in the Study of Contemporary Muslim Thought and Societies from Hamad Bin Khalifa University and in 2011, also received an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies of Religions and Cultures from Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. In 2004 he completed his B.A.
This article investigates the central role assigned to maqāṣid by ‘Abdullah Bin Bayyah (b. 1935) ... more This article investigates the central role assigned to maqāṣid by ‘Abdullah Bin Bayyah (b. 1935) in his project of renewal of uṣūl al-fiqh. He presents maqāṣid as crucial for the functioning and widening of the system of ratiocination (manẓūmat al-taʿlīl) and inference (istidlāl). In his theory of renewal, Bin Bayyah expands the role of maqāṣid in uṣūl al-fiqh beyond the system of ratiocination to all the chapters of uṣūl al-fiqh. In this context, he provides more than thirty ways in which maqāṣid are blended into the texture of Islamic legal theory and are necessary for its sound functioning. In this way, he tries to demonstrate that maqāṣid are uṣūl al-fiqh itself and its heart. This article explores the discursive strategies adopted by Bin Bayyah to establish the relevance of maqāṣid for the renewal of uṣūl al-fiqh and offers a succinct critical appraisal of Bin Bayyah’s reasoning on the topic. It argues that Bin Bayyah is successful in demonstrating the indispensability of maqāṣ...
Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 201... more Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. xiii + 208 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-34036-7 Rezart Beka
n the last decade, Islamophobia in Western societies, where Muslims constitute the minority, has ... more n the last decade, Islamophobia in Western societies, where Muslims constitute the minority, has been studied extensively. However, Islamophobia is not restricted to the geography of the West, but rather constitutes a global phenom- enon. It affects Muslim societies just as much, due to various historical, eco- nomic, political, cultural and social reasons. Islamophobia in Muslim Majority Societies constitutes a first attempt to open a debate about the understudied phenomenon of Islamophobia in Muslim majority societies. An interdisciplinary study, it focuses on socio-political and historical aspects of Islamophobia in Muslim majority societies. This volume will appeal to students, scholars and general readers who are interested in Racism Studies, Islamophobia Studies, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Islam and Politics.
Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. x... more Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. xiii + 208 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-34036-7 Rezart Beka
Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. xiii ... more Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. xiii + 208 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-34036-7 Rezart Beka
American Journal of Islam and Society, 41(2), 2024
In the post-Arab Spring period, Abdullah Bin Bayyah has emerged as one of the principal exponents... more In the post-Arab Spring period, Abdullah Bin Bayyah has emerged as one of the principal exponents of the anti-revolutionary front. Dissatisfied with the Islamist solution to the socio-political crisis in the Middle East, Bin Bayyah has called for the establishment of a new jurisprudence based on fiqh al-wāqiʿ (jurisprudence of Rezart Beka is an academic consultant for the Digital Sirah Project in the College of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifah University in Doha, Qatar. In 2022, he received his Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Georgetown University. In 2016, he received an M.A. in the Study of Contemporary Muslim Thought and Societies from Hamad Bin Khalifa University and in 2011, also received an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies of Religions and Cultures from Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. In 2004 he completed his B.A.
This article investigates the central role assigned to maqāṣid by ‘Abdullah Bin Bayyah (b. 1935) ... more This article investigates the central role assigned to maqāṣid by ‘Abdullah Bin Bayyah (b. 1935) in his project of renewal of uṣūl al-fiqh. He presents maqāṣid as crucial for the functioning and widening of the system of ratiocination (manẓūmat al-taʿlīl) and inference (istidlāl). In his theory of renewal, Bin Bayyah expands the role of maqāṣid in uṣūl al-fiqh beyond the system of ratiocination to all the chapters of uṣūl al-fiqh. In this context, he provides more than thirty ways in which maqāṣid are blended into the texture of Islamic legal theory and are necessary for its sound functioning. In this way, he tries to demonstrate that maqāṣid are uṣūl al-fiqh itself and its heart. This article explores the discursive strategies adopted by Bin Bayyah to establish the relevance of maqāṣid for the renewal of uṣūl al-fiqh and offers a succinct critical appraisal of Bin Bayyah’s reasoning on the topic. It argues that Bin Bayyah is successful in demonstrating the indispensability of maqāṣ...
Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 201... more Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. xiii + 208 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-34036-7 Rezart Beka
n the last decade, Islamophobia in Western societies, where Muslims constitute the minority, has ... more n the last decade, Islamophobia in Western societies, where Muslims constitute the minority, has been studied extensively. However, Islamophobia is not restricted to the geography of the West, but rather constitutes a global phenom- enon. It affects Muslim societies just as much, due to various historical, eco- nomic, political, cultural and social reasons. Islamophobia in Muslim Majority Societies constitutes a first attempt to open a debate about the understudied phenomenon of Islamophobia in Muslim majority societies. An interdisciplinary study, it focuses on socio-political and historical aspects of Islamophobia in Muslim majority societies. This volume will appeal to students, scholars and general readers who are interested in Racism Studies, Islamophobia Studies, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Islam and Politics.
Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. x... more Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. xiii + 208 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-34036-7 Rezart Beka
Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. xiii ... more Review of Ahmad Atif Ahmad, The Fatigue of the Shari'a: New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010. xiii + 208 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-34036-7 Rezart Beka
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