A Typology of Fatwas

Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen

doi:10.1163/15700607-05534p02

A Typology of Fatwas

Bidragets oversatte titel: En fatwa-typologi

Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen

Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier

Abstract

This paper seeks to shed light on the nature of fatwas as sources for the study of Islamic legal and ethical thought by drawing some distinctions between various basic types of fatwas and the information we may expect to derive from them. It identifies and provides an account of what are here termed as the ephemeral, the school, the court and the public fatwa. In each case it discusses the type of authority they involve and, in the context of this special issue on Islamic bioethics, their particular relevance to issues of health and medicine today.

Bidragets oversatte titel	En fatwa-typologi
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Die Welt des Islams
Vol/bind	55
Udgave nummer	3-4
Sider (fra-til)	278-285
Antal sider	8
ISSN	0043-2539
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1163/15700607-05534p02
Status	Udgivet - 2015

Emneord

Det Humanistiske Fakultet
fatwa, Mufti, normativity
Det Juridiske Fakultet
fatwa, mufti, normativity

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