Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī

The founder of IUMS, Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī, still holds the honorary title of president-founder. Al-Qaraḍāwī led IUMS from its establishment in 2004 to 2018, when he stepped down from the presidency of the Institute for health reasons, handing over his position to Aḥmad al-Raysūnī. Yet, al-Qaraḍāwī’s line of reasoning/thought and charisma are still in evidence in the action, discourse and networks of IUMS. Thus, al-Qaraḍāwī still exerts his authority as the charismatic founder, bestowing legitimacy on IUMS and other figures of authority that carry on the work.

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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