From the <i>Fiqh</i> of Minority to Cosmopolitan <i>Fiqh</i> An Analysis

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From the Fiqh of Minority to Cosmopolitan Fiqh An Analysis

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Author(s): Bakare Najimdeen

Publication date (Print): 2014

Journal: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

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The convergence of Muslims in Europe and America from different Muslim majority societies conjures the idea of a multicultural milieu. The West has indeed become a crossroad of civilizations and cultures and such intersection is explicable for a cosmopolitan fiqh reflective of all the Muslims. The convergence of Muslims of different Madhhabs, cultural and social background in the West does not simply delineates the universality and homogeneous ground, but it also nicely presents the laboratory for the mixture of all Madhhabs that have long divided the Muslims. Bridging the past and the present is the golden aim of cosmopolitan fiqh and presenting Islam as a comprehensive faith reflecting on the entirety of life. Cosmopolitan fiqh can be yet an avenue for Muslims to showcase their worth and extent to which they can contribute in the societies they are part of.

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Title: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

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Publication date (Print): 2014

Volume: 11

Issue: 1

Pages: 33-45

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Dr. Bakare Najimdeen lectures at the Department of International Relations, Preston University, Islamabad and is also affiliated with different other universities.

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[1] Ali, Abdullah Yusuf. The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an . Kuala Lumpur: Islamic Book Trust, 2007.

[2] Al-Shaikh-Ali, Anas. Keynote speech at the AMSS (UK) Fifth Annual Conference on Fiqh Today: Muslims as Minorities , University of Westminster (London) held on February 21–22, 2004. http://www.amssuk.com/docs/pdf/Fiqh%20for%20Minorities%20Conference%20Review.pdf.) accessed February.(2014, 23

[3] Asani, S. Ali. “On Muslim Knowing the “Muslim” Other: Reflections on Pluralism and Islam.” In Muslims in the United States: Identity, Influence, Innovation . Edited by Philippa Strum. Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, 2005.

[4] Auda, Jasser. Rethinking Islamic Law for Minorities: Towards a Western-Muslim Id entity . www.jasserauda.net/new/pdf/kamil_fiqh_alaqalliyaat.pdf) accessed February 2.(2014, 3

[5] Bulliet, Richard. The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilisation . New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.

[6] Bulliet, Richard (a). Islam: The View from the Edge . New York: New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.

[7] Cerić, Mustafa. “Towards a European-Islamic Identity.” In Rethinking Islamic Law for Minorities: Towards a Western-Muslim Identity . Edited by Jasser Auda www.jasserauda.net/new/pdf/kamil_fiqh_alaqalliyaat.pdf) accessed February.(2014, 2

[8] El-Affendi, Abdul Wahab. The People on the Edge: Religious Reform and the Burden of the Western Muslim Intellectual . London: The International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2010.

[9] Fishman, Shammai. “Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat: A Legal Theory for Muslim Minorities.” Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World , Hudson Institute, Series no 1, Paper no. 2 (2006).

[10] Iqbal, Muhammad. Reconstruction of Islamic Thought . Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1960.

[11] Jabir al-Alwani, Taha. Towards A Fiqh for Minorities: Some Basic Reflections . London: The International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2003.

[12] Kalin, Ibrahim. “The Sun Rising from the West: The Influence of American Islamic Thinkers on Turkish Intellectual Life.” In Muslims in the United States: Identity, Influence, Innovation . Edited by Philippa Strum. Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, 2005.

[13] Kettani, M Ali. Muslim Minorities in the World Today . Lahore: Service Book Club, 1990.

[14] Lewis, Bernard. What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

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[16] March, F. Andrew. “Sources of Moral Obligation to Non-Muslims in the Fiqh Al-Aqalliyyat (Jurisprudence of Muslim Minorities) Discourse.” Islamic Law and Society 16, (2009).

[17] Masud, Muhammad Khalid. “Ikhtilaf al-Fuqaha: Diversity in Fiqh as a Social Construction.” Musawah . http://www.musawah.org/sites/default/files/Wanted-MKM-EN.pdf.

[18] Ramadan, Tariq. Western Muslims and the Future of Islam . Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2004.

[19] Strum, Philippa (ed.). Muslims in the United States: Identity, Influence, Innovation . Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, 2005.

[20] Taha, Dina. “Fiqh of Minorities and the Integration of Muslim Minorities in the West.” The IISES International Interdisciplinary Conference , April 2012 Palermo, Italy.

[21] Zhuze, Krestovich Panteleimon. Interpreting Islam: Bandali Jawzi's Islamic Intellectual History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.