Public and Private as Viewed through the Work of the Muhtasib

This article examines the distinctions between public and private space in classical Islamic law through the work of the muhtasib, a legal official charged with the inspection of public places and behavior in towns of the premodern Middle East and North Africa (and in some Muslim communities outside of these areas)

Public and Private as Viewed through the Work of the Muhtasib

This article examines the distinctions between public and private space in classical Islamic law through the work of the muhtasib, a legal official charged with the inspection of public places and behavior in towns of the premodern Middle East and North Africa (and in some Muslim communities outside of these areas)

The Islamic Foundation for citizenship and pluralism

Human diversity is an assumption of most people in most places. The reality of such diversity is handsomely and clearly stated in a famous and often quoted verse of the Qur’an. Verse 13 of Sūrah 49 reads: Oh men, We have created you from a male and a female, and We have made you into groups (shu`ūb) and tribes (qabā’il) that you may come to know one another; truly, the noblest (akram) among you before God is the most righteous (atqā) among you; truly God is the All-knowing, the All-seeing

Loyalty and leadership in an early islamic society

This book is from comprehensive study analyzes the traditional elite of iraq and their successors-- the communists, ba'thists, and free officers in terms of social relationship in each area of the countryxi, 175 p.; 22 c

Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society

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Loyalty and leadership in an early Islamic society.

Londonxii, 209 p.; 22 cm