Feldman why sharia

This should not be a bad thing! It offers a direction for the Islamic people that is truthful to their extraordinary and great historical civilization in the Middle East. Having been raised and taught in some outstanding private schools wherein the Classical European Model was the focus and now having been raised also for the last 11 years in the Classical Tradition of Islam including Sufism , I have a deep appreciation for both Western Non-Islamic Thought as well as Islamic Thought.

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Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa. Rethinking secularism Why Shariah? There are 3 comments 3 comments. Mike Ghouse 14 years ago. Mike Ghouse. John E. Malin 13 years ago. If you view religion as a cohesive social force, Professor Feldman is correct. It is abundantly clear that fresh models of governance in some Muslim nations will be required to build genuine consensus, afford legal justice, and guarantee peace and security Feldman predicts success for those countries which can 'develop new institutions that would find their own original and distinctive way of giving real life to the ideals of Islamic law.

A persuasive and readable book on a complex topic. On the contrary, he says, in the traditional Sunni constitutional order, sharia was interpreted by an independent class of scholars who served as a check on tyrrany, preventing rulers from exploiting religion to justify their political positions. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs. The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State is profound, intelligent, and free of all the hysterical pronouncements one often associates with both the defenders and antagonists of that idea.

His scholarship had defined the stakes in the Middle East today. Feldman's book works through these tensions between theology and power with consummate dispassion and scholarship. Contact us at letters time. By Arsalan Iftikhar. TIME Ideas hosts the world's leading voices, providing commentary on events in news, society, and culture.

We welcome outside contributions. That led him to think more deeply about the historical role of scholars in the days before modern Middle Eastern autocracy. Feldman retraces the history of the scholarly class, which once served as the guardian of the law. Rulers uncertain about the lines of succession sought the stamp of legitimacy that scholars could provide. In turn, the rulers gave scholars wide berth to develop the common law of the Sharia.