Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


Producing and disseminating religious education

IUMS provides training for the religious leadership, qiyāda ʿulamāʾiyya, including technological skills as well as advanced legal reasoning and Islamic finance.1 The purpose of such training is to make the theologian-jurist able to adapt to the rapid transformations of modern society, in areas related to the access to knowledge, particularly through the internet. IUMS also offers religious education to the public on various questions (such as pilgrimage) and seminars to the Muslim youth in different locations (in Europe, Africa and Asia).2 The organisation also publishes books, videos and reviews to disseminate religious content produced by its members. Its main publication is the review al-Umma al-wasaṭ published in Arabic since 2010 with a focus on the Islamic umma, Islamic education, political fiqh, moderation, terrorism and family issues.3 The general intention of IUMS is to support a modernised religious education sufficiently concerned with current tools and challenges (foreign languages, medicine, finance, politics, spirituality, etc.).4

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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