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Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women [Paperback]

Khaled Abou El Fadl (Author)
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October 31, 2001
This challenging new book reviews the ethics at the heart of the Islamic legal system, and suggests that these laws have been misinterpreted by certain sources in an attempt to control women.

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About the Author

Khaled Abou E1-Fadl studied Islamic Law in Egypt and Kuwait, and has from Pennsylvania, Yale and Princeton. Currently Professor of Law at UCLA, he has served on a variety of committees for Human Rights, and has published several books and numerous articles.

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Oneworld; First Edition edition (October 31, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1851682627
  • ISBN-13: 978-1851682621
  • Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Arm yourself with true knowledge. Read this book., November 18, 2002
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This brilliant book is the antidote to the stupefying, mind-numbing, Wahhabi rhetoric that is killing the soul of Islam today. If you want to understand how to concretely argue in favor of a moral Islam, and how to answer back to the ridiculous, anti-human and counter-intuitive claims of the so-called "true Islam" that is so popular in mosque-culture today, then this book will educate and liberate you. There is something for everyone in this book. For the hard core scholars and wanna be scholars, the first few chapters will make your head spin with meticulous detail, analysis and other good brainiac food. The methodology presented for establishing Islamic authenticity is powerful and intuitively rational--great stuff! For those who just want to enjoy some very satisfying discussion, argumentation and refutation of the stupid stuff that never made any sense (ie., why women can or cannot wear bras, high-heels, go to graveyards, drive cars, etc.), the last few chapters and appendices are excellent! The appendices translate amazing and shocking Saudi legal opinions, and argue and apply the author's methodology to demonstrate why they can or cannot work. It is fine to jump to the back chapters if you are not interested in the "fine print". This is such an important work--it is the hope for change and a renaissance, to get out of the dark place that Muslims are in today.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Authority wihout the Authoratarian, May 2, 2002
This review is from: Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women (Paperback)
This work demonstrates an immense amount of erudition in both Western and Islamic traditions, and perhaps, this quality is what makes this work so engrossing. One can spend hours working through the footnotes alone. On that note, one should mentioned that K. A. El Fadel genuinely tries to present each perspective on a topic. He doesn't decieve his Western audiences by concealing the ugliness of much that exists in Islamic tradition and he doesn't shy away from criticizing many of the sacred cows of his fellow Muslims. In many ways, I found reading this book to be much like peering into the modern condition of religious authority in Islam. El Fadl doesn't paint a pretty picture, but he does demonstrate that there is hope, and the juristic tradition, as moribund as it may at time seems, shall likely continue into the future though in a radically transformed way than its previous incarnation.
Some criticisms of the book are his awkward attempts to merge insights from Western philosophy with Muslim tradition. Thinkers such as Muhammad Iqbal proved long ago that this can be done with grace and skill, but El Fadl does so awkwardly at times. It seems that these elements remain unmixed like oil and water despite various attempts. Also, I wish he would have desisted from always using the Wahhabi CRLO as his main polemical opponent. There are so many other fatwa bodies, international ones at that, that I found this decision to be rather odd. Moreover, I would have liked to have seen a deeper examination of the historical contingencies surrounding these fatwas to be explored. Nonetheless, it's without a doubt a must read for anyone interested in American Muslim scholars.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on the topic, January 3, 2002
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A brillant examination of modern Islamic jurisprudence and how into application some of the leading authorities fails to live to the original greatness of the religion, as they use it to advance thier own agendas. In its scope, moral dignity and intellectual presentation this work compares to the best of Dr. Ali Shariati. El Fadl's thought are important for anyone who cares about the future trends of Islam.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hadith literature, divine way, political ascent, philosophical hermeneutics, determinations demeaning, classical juristic tradition, juristic community, authorial enterprise, juristic culture, juristic communities, five contingencies, whose transmitter, legal guild, authoritarian dynamic, nineteen angels, negotiative process, operative cause, authoritarian discourses, juristic discourses, classical jurists, textual instructions, juristic methods, exclusionary reason, ambiguous verses, other jurists
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Abu Hurayrah, Divine Will, Abu Bakrah, Ibn Hajar, Ibn Qayyim, Ibn Baz, Abou El Fadl, Ibn Fawzan, Saudi Arabia, God's Will, Sharh Sahih Muslim, Ibn Hazm, Abu Hamid, Conference of the Books, Islamic Philosophy, Ibn Kathir, Rise of Colleges, Ibn Báz, Formative Period, Abu Zahrah, Abi Bakr, Islamic Law of Rebellion, Abu Muhammad, Islamic Legal Theories, Allah Muhammad
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