Open AccessJurisprudence of Minorities (Fiqh al-Aqaliyyat) Revisited
Author(s) -
Mohammad Hāshim Kamali
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
islam and civilisational renewal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-8728
pISSN - 2041-871X
DOI - 10.52282/icr.v7i1.287
Subject(s) - fiqh , jurisprudence , islam , law , political science , work (physics) , sociology , extension (predicate logic) , sharia , philosophy , theology , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , programming language
In an earlier issue of this journal I introduced the jurisprudence of minorities as being in many ways a new branch of the traditional fiqh that had hitherto remained underdeveloped and is now a work in progress among Muslim scholars and jurists. The present essay is an extension of that discussion and adds practical illustrations of responses by the Islamic Council of Europe (ICE) to issues facing Muslim minorities in Europe.