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Browsing by Author "Moosa, E"
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Aesthetics and Transcendence in the Arab Uprisings
(Middle East Law and Governance, 2011-10)Politics is regarded as a science for it tells us what to do, when it deals with measurable concepts. But politics is also an art—a form of practice, telling us how and when to do things. Lest we forget, the arts of persuasion ... -
Children’s Rights in Modern Islamic and International Law: Changes in Muslim Moral Imaginaries
(2012-10)This essay explores the overlaps and discontinuities in Islamic law and international conventions on the rights of the child. It also explores perspectives in contemporary Muslim moral imaginaries centered on the child. -
Genetically Modified Foods and Muslim Ethics
(2009)Genetically modified foods has been the subject of great controversy. How lay Muslim communities and religious experts view the technology is di.scussed in this article -
History and Normativity in Traditional Indian Muslim Thought: Reading Shari`a in the Hermeneutics of Qari Muhammad Tayyab (d.1983)
(2010-11-01)Traditional forms of Islamic thought have a particular understanding as to how norms and values stand in relation to time and change. This article explores the view of a prominent thinker Qari Muhammad Tayyab, affiliated ... -
Muslim Ethics and Biotechnology
(2012-03)This essay surveys how Muslim perspectives and practices in biotechnology is justified within discrete norms and values of Muslim ethics. At the same time it also points out some of the challenges in trying to balance development ... -
Muslim Family Law in South Africa: Paradoxes and Ironies
(2010)The recognition of Muslim family law in South Africa is embedded in a long history of political struggle by the country's Muslim minority. With constitutional recognition for religion-based family and human rights safeguards, ... -
Muslim Political Theology: Defamation, Apostasy and Anathema
(2012-08)Exploration of the recent history of blasphemy related issues in Muslim societies and the underlying theological debates that fuel political outrage. -
Post 9/11: America Agonizes over Islam
(2012-10)Overview of developments affecting Muslim community in America after 9/11 attacks.
