The renewal of Islamic law : Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr, Najaf, and the Shi'i International
This is the first comprehensive study of the life and works of Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr - an Iraqi scholar who made an important contribution to the renewal of Islamic law and politics in the contemporary Middle East. Executed in 1980 by the regime of Saddam Hussein, Sadr was the most articulate thinker as well as a major political actor in the revival of Shi'i learning, which placed Najaf in Southern Iraq at its centre
ix, 245 pages ; 24 cm
9780521433198, 9780521531221, 0521433193, 0521531225
26159818
General introduction: The law in the Islamic Renaissance and the role of Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr
pt. I. Islamic law and the constitution. 1. Archetypes of Shi'i law. 2. On the origins of the Iranian constitution: Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr's 1979 treatises. 3. The first decade of the Iranian constitution: problems of the least dangerous branch
pt. II. Islamic law, 'Islamic economics', and the interest-free bank. 4. Law and the discovery of 'Islamic economics'. 5. Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr and Islamic banking
Conclusion: The costs of renewal
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