
Revival and Reform in Islam
The Legacy of Muhammad al-Shawkani
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
2003 m.
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Opis
This book is an intellectual biography of Muhammad al-Shawkani, one of the founding fathers of Islamic reformism, and a history of the transition from traditional Shiism to Sunni reformism in pre-modern Yemen. The book demonstrates how Shawkani's ideas remain of central importance to modern Islamic thinking.
