Islamic Law and Society

Islam and the Trajectory of Globalization: Rational Idealism and the Structure of World History

Submitted by Munir on Fri, 08/12/2022 - 23:24

The book examines the growing tension between social movements that embrace egalitarian and inclusivist views of national and global politics, most notably classical liberalism, and those that advance social hierarchy and national exclusivism, such as neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and national populism.

Siffin Arbitration Agreement and Statecraft in Early Islamic Political Documents

Submitted by Munir on Fri, 08/12/2022 - 10:23
In this article we study the different recensions of the Ṣiffīn Arbitration Agreement and classify them into six different versions. Despite the differences in length and language among them, we note that these can be traced to a source document. We then highlight the key features and terminology found in the different versions of the Ṣiffīn Arbitration Agreement and observe the striking parallels that they share with the covenants attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad.