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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789286203321

Autore

Terem Etty <1967->

Titolo

Old texts, new practices : Islamic reform in modern Morocco / / Etty Terem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8047-9084-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

340.5/922

Soggetti

Fatwas - Morocco - History

Malikites - Morocco - History

Islamic renewal - Morocco - History

Islamic law - Social aspects - Morocco - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Modern Islam and the religious reform tradition -- Religious knowledge and authority in precolonial Morocco -- The rhetoric of Moroccan modernity -- Delineating Muslim-Christian relations -- Refashioning notions of gender and family -- Redefining patterns of consumption -- Islamic legal tradition, change, and continuity.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1910, al-Mahdi al-Wazzani, a prominent Moroccan Islamic scholar completed his massive compilation of Maliki fatwas. An eleven-volume set, it is the most extensive collection of fatwas written and published in the Arab Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Al-Wazzani's legal opinions addressed practical concerns and questions: What are the ethical and legal duties of Muslims residing under European rule? Is emigration from non-Muslim territory an absolute duty? Is it ethical for Muslim merchants to travel to Europe? Is it legal to consume European-manufac