The Mālikiyya in the Twenty-First Century: A Traditionalist Islamic Legal School Navigating State Co-optation, Reformist Pressures, and Neotraditionalist Impulses.

This article examines the contemporary trajectories of the Mālikiyya, one of the four main extant legal schools within Sunni Islam. The article argues that the contest around defending, attacking, and reformulating traditionalist Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) is one of the key venues for negotiating...

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Published in:	Journal of Religion Vol. 105; no. 1; pp. 68 - 100
Main Author:	Thurston, Alexander
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press Jan2025
Subjects:	Sunni Islam Jurisprudence Islam Lawyers Religious law & legislation
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost