Abstract
The article takes issue with the view that Shari'a is inflexible and immutable. On the contrary Shari'a is shown to have a flexible and broad tradition which remains alive. Methodological resources such as maqasid and qawa'id are especially pointed to as techniques which are used to reform and modernise.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Shari'a as Discourse : Legal traditions and the encounter with Europe |
| Editors | Jørgen S. Nielsen, Lisbet Christoffersen |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Place of Publication | Farnham |
| Publisher | Ashgate |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978 0 7546 7955 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |