The Rise of Critical Islam: 10th-13th Century Legal Debate

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Youcef L. Soufi (Research Associate, Institute of Islamic Studies, Research Associate, Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto)

The Rise of Critical Islam

10th-13th Century Legal Debate

Youcef L. Soufi (Research Associate, Institute of Islamic Studies, Research Associate, Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto)

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Oxford University Press Inc
28 June 2023

Islam; Aspects of religion (non-Christian); Jurisprudence & general issues; Legal history

Series: OXFORD ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES SERIES

In a richly narrated historical study, Youcef Soufi excavates an Islamic legal culture of critique from the 10th to 13th centuries. Focusing on the practice of mun=a.zara (disputation), Soufi explores how and why oral debates became a pervasive and revered part of the intellectual legal landscape of Iraq and Persia. Using the life and career of celebrated Iraqi jurist Ab=u Is.h=aq al-Sh=ir=az=i, he traces the formalization of debate gatherings at the dawn of the classical legal schools (al-madh=ahib) in the early 10th century and analyzes the wider institutional, social, and discursive conditions that made debate an important feature of any jurist's practice.

Pushing back against claims that classical Muslim jurists sought to weed out differences of opinion, The Rise of Critical Islam presents a community committed to the openness, fluidity, and continued exploration of the law. Challenging the view of debate gatherings simply as mechanisms of doctrinal resolution before codification, the study reveals a classical culture where critical debates were part of a continual and personal quest to discover God's law. In uncovering this classical legal culture, Soufi invites readers to question claims about the promise of secular critique in disciplining religious passions and forging human solidarity.

By: Youcef L. Soufi (Research Associate Institute of Islamic Studies Research Associate Institute of Islamic Studies University of Toronto)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 229mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9780197685006
ISBN 10: 0197685005
Series: OXFORD ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES SERIES
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 28 June 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction Part I Chapter 1: Mourning Loss Through Debate: Pious Critique and its Limits Chapter 2: The Emergence of Pious Critique: a Genealogy of ""Munazara"" Chapter 3 ""Why do We Debate?"": Uncovering Two Discursive Foundations for Disputation Part II Chapter 4: Debating the Convert's Jizya: How the Madhhab Enabled Ijtihad Chapter 5: Forced Marriage in Shafi'i Law: Revisiting School Doctrine Chapter 6: The Case of the Mistaken Prayer Direction: Debating Indeterminate School Doctrine Part III Chapter 7: The End of Critical Islam?: Shafi'ism and Temporal Decay"

Youcef Soufi is Research Associate at the University of Toronto's Institute of Islamic Studies. He is a former Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of British Columbia and a former Chair of the Canadian Association for the Study of Islam and Muslims (CASIM). He has held fellowships at the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto, the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies at Simon Frasier University, and The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society (CSRS) at The University of Victoria.