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In Pragmatism in Islamic Law, Ibrahim presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate the changing needs of society. Since the formative period of Islamic law, jurists have debated whether it is acceptable for a law to be selected based on its utility, rather than weighing conflicting articulations of the law to determine the most likely expression of the divine will. Virtually unanimous opposition to the utilitarian approach, referred to
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- Author
- Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press : Made available through hoopla
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780815633945
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Islam, History, Law
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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