Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


Context

Critics of IUMS tend to contextualise its action in terms of its relations with Qatar. Yet, the Qatari context has little incidence on the claims to authority of IUMS, its structures and figures of authority, its line of legal reasoning, or its general action plan. IUMS is not an instrument of Qatar’s religious policy although as a guest-organisation sponsored by Qatar,1 it is occasionally involved in conferences and Islamic humanitarian initiatives taken by Qatari actors; overall, IUMS operates on the margin of the Qatari context and can allege little influence on Qatar’s religious or political affairs.2

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó – Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 454 960 4

Authority is a key question in Islamic studies and beyond. This book examines the nature, figures, structures and functions of religious authority in contemporary Islamic ethics. It also discusses how Islamic authority and political power compete and/or cooperate in Muslim contexts and Europe. Moreover, it provides a coherent framework to understand authority as a moral foundation in relation to community, power, tradition and subversion. Various cases from Europe and the Muslim world are studied here to showcase the claims and practices of authority in their contexts. Despite its active role and resourcefulness in contemporary Islam, religious authority has to confront many limitations, including the dynamics of secularisation and individualisation. The author is a senior researcher at the Religion and Society Research Institute of the Eötvös József Research Centre at the University of Public Service (Budapest).

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/belhaj-authority-in-contemporary-islam//

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