Early Islamic Jurisprudence and the Question of Origin
15 December 2023
How did early Islamic jurisprudence develop? Under what circumstances did it arise? How did the early legal scholars gain their academic reputation and social influence? Can we assert that political powers influenced their perspectives and works? This conference aims to allow researchers to analyze the development of Islamic jurisprudence and how al-Fuqahāʼs performed in early Islamic society.
Such issues are a real challenge for studies of early Islamic jurisprudence due to the limited sources. Fortunately, today we have adequate texts that can help us to analyze the development of jurisprudence and to understand the factors that influenced it.
By tracing power dynamics, a significant number of researchers analyze the history of Islamic jurisprudence. Postcolonial studies have advanced this view, particularly by incorporating Michel Foucault’s approaches to the study of Islam. While there are aspects to this approach that can be considered useful, numerous shortcomings can be identified, including the neglect of personal motives of historical actors and the limited viewing of events from their perspective. Recent investigations into the sociology of Islam seek to give renewed credence to the interpretive sociology by Max Weber. Due to the small number of studies conducted within this methodological selection, there is great interest in further developing this type of research and using the methods of interpretive sociology in researching the historical development of Islam and its institutions. This is seen as a key objective of this conference.
Contact:
Dr. Abderrahmane.Zaatri: abderrahmane.zaatri@uni-muenster.de
Dr. Mohammed Eriouiche: mohammed.eriouiche@namaeacademy.com
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