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Global Mufti
A widely respected legal scholar, Islamist activist, and renowned host of al-Jazeera's most popular religious program, Sharia and Life, Yusuf al-Qaradawi is an extremely controversial figure in contemporary Islamism. When he was a young man, Qaradawi attended a lecture by Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, and immediately joined the organization's youth wing. After earning his degree in theology at al-Azhar University in Cairo, Qaradawi settled in Qatar, where he played a pivotal role in establishing a system of Islamic higher education. When the Muslim Brotherhood was forced underground in the 1960s, Qaradawi eschewed a formal position with the movement, opting instead to p...
Defining Islam for the Egyptian State
This book traces the history of the Dār al-Iftā, the Egyptian State Mufti's administration, from its inception in the 1890s to the present. Often uncomfortably positioned between a state bureaucracy and an emerging Muslim public concerned with the transmission of Islamic values, the various State Muftis have been striving to reinterpret Islamic law and demonstrate its relevance in the modern age. The history of the Dār al-Iftā thus provides a rare insight into major themes of 20th-century Islamic thinking. Four case studies demonstrate how fatwas can be used as sources for legal, social, intellectual and mentality history. Defining Islam for the Egyptian State will be of great interest to students of Islamic law and social and intellectual history of the modern Middle East.
Islam på tv i den arabiske verden
Jakob Skovgaard Petersen, professor i islam og arabiske forhold på Københavns Universitet, gennemgår en række af de genrer, personligheder, kanaler og ritualer, der i dag serveres for det arabiske publikum over satellit-tv, hvor end i verden de befinder sig
Arab Media Moguls
Introduction: Owner or Mogul? A Comparative View of Arab Media Investment and Entrepreneurship by Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen and Naomi Sakr -- PART I: Media Entrepreneurship from a Saudi Arabian Base -- 2. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal: Media Mogul by Marwan M. Kraidy -- 3. Shaikh Waleed al-Ibrahim by Najat AlSaied -- 4. Saleh Kamel: Investing in Islam by Ehab Galal -- PART II: Lebanese Players in Saudi-Lebanese Linkages -- Pierre Daher: The Sheikh of LBC - Baron, Mogul or Both? by Sarah El Richani -- Rafiq Hariri and Sons - Oger and Future Inc. by Katharine Nötzold -- Antoine Choueiri: 'Le President' by Zahera Harb -- PART III: Risk and Reward in Tunisia and Egypt -- 4. Tarek Ben Ammar: 'The European Mogul You've Never Heard of' by Donatella Della Ratta -- 5. Naguib Sawiris and the Question of Risk by Naomi Sakr -- PART IV: What Makes Moguls? A Regional Perspective -- 6. A Tentative Typology of Broadcast Entrepreneurs by Tourya Guaaybess -- 7. Are there Moguls in Islamic Television? by Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen -- Media Clusters and Media Cities: Place as a Structural Factor in Media Owners' Power by Joe F. Khalil.
An Islamic Reformation?
Over the last two decades we have seen a vast number of books published in the West that treat Islamic fundamentalism as a rising threat to the western values of secularism and democracy. In the last decade scholars began proclaiming an existent or emerging "clash" between East and West, Islam and Christianity, or in the case of Benjamin R. Barber, "Jihad and "McWorld." More recently, some western scholars have offered another interpretation. Focusing on the work of contemporary Muslim intellectuals, these scholars have begun to argue that what we are witnessing, in Islamic contexts, is tantamount to a Reformation. An Islamic Reformation attempts to evaluate this claim through the work of em...
Islamic Leadership in the European Lands of the Former Ottoman and Russian Empires
In Islamic Leadership in the European Lands of the Former Ottoman and Russian Empires the development of national muftiates is presented through a double prism of the institutional structures of Muslim communities and the dimension of the spiritual guidance.
The Wiley Blackwell History of Islam
A theoretically rich, nuanced history of Islam and Islamic civilization with a unique sociological component This major new reference work offers a complete historical and theoretically informed view of Islam as both a religion and a sociocultural force. Uniquely comprehensive, it surveys and discusses the transformation of Muslim societies in different eras and various regions, providing a broad narrative of the historical development of Islamic civilization. This text explores the complex and varied history of the religion and its traditions. It provides an in-depth study of the diverse ways through which the religious dimension at the core of Islamic traditions has led to a distinctive ty...
The Crisis of Citizenship in the Arab World
The Crisis of Citizenship in the Arab World provides crucial insights into the current political, social and cultural crisis in the Middle East and North Africa by analysing histories, concepts, and practices of citizenship and the mechanisms that undermined them.
Arab Media Moguls
Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in regional dynamics of political change. Where do private owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, have they played in weakening dictatorships, countering sectarianism and political polarisation, and reforming business practices in the Arab world? Arab Media Moguls charts the fortunes of some leading media investors and entrepreneurs from Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia to examine their motives, management styles, financial performance and links to political power. The resulting profiles offer intriguing insights into the place of family, education, religion and media regulation in regional pow...
