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ISLAMIC CONSTITUTIONALISM: NOT SECULAR. NOT THEOCRATIC. NOT IMPOSSIBLE. Asifa Quraishi-Landes. I. INTRODUCTION. This Lecture Series asks us to engage in a thought experiment: what would a constitution look like if it integrated— rather than separated—church and state?
Summary. Chapter 1 introduces the theory of Islamic constitutionalism and examines the popularity of Islamic constitutional clauses in political life and how they originated along with constitution making in the Muslim world. It describes the constitutional history in four monarchies: Tunisia, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Iran.
Summary. Islamic constitutionalism is an integral part of contemporary ijtihad. As its defining attribute, an Islamic constitution submits to supremacy of the Basic Code, the Qur'an and the Prophet's Sunnah. Historically, constitutionalism has not been critical to the advancement of Islamic law.
- Azizah Y. al-Hibri
- Azizah Y al-Hibri**
- C. Some Observations
- ISLAMIC
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I. INTRODUCTION Recent developments in the Arab World, especially those surrounding the Gulf War, prompted demands for the introduction of democratic changes to systems of government in that region. These demands spurred a broad-based debate among Muslims concerned about the cor-rect Islamic point of view on the subject. This article contributes to...
The democratic character of a selection by the Wise Ones depends in part on the process through which the Wise Ones are chosen. If the Wise Ones are chosen by the people as such, whether directly or indi-rectly, then the group of Wise Ones would be no different than a demo-cratically chosen nominating (election) body. There is no reason in Islam wh...
CONSTITUTIONALISM another instance, Khalifah 'Umar attempted to reduce the amount of "Mahr" (assets transferred by the prospective groom to his prospective bride as consideration for her assent to marry him). An old woman in the mosque who understood correctly the role of the Mahr in providing the prospective bride with a cushion for her own sole u...
- Azizah Y. al-Hibri
- 1992
That framework, as I have said, is political analysis, philosophical analysis, and institutional-legal analysis. In each of those planes, there is interaction between the ideas of constitutional democracy and Islamic law. In each of those areas, there is contest, debate, and disagreement.
- Noah R. Feldman
- 2010
Feb 23, 2023 · Summary. Chapter 2 introduces a model Islamic constitution. Using this model constitution, it empirically illustrates the universe of constitutional Islamization, providing data on which countries and regions have adopted constitutional Islam and in what form.
SGC into the constitution and Islamization of their ordinary laws. One objective of this paper is to. dissect and analyze the problems that Pakistan and Iran face because of their use of religion in the. constitutional framework, statecraft, and politics.
