Contemporary Muslim reformist thought and maqāṣid cum mṣlḥa approaches to Islamic law: An introduction

Abstract

The basic rationale behind bringing out this volume is that although many noteworthy works have been written on issues pertaining to Muslim reformist thought and the concept of maqāṣid al-sharī‘a, there still remains a need for a study that examines the role and the usefulness of maqā‘id al-sharī‘a as a philosophic-legal cum hermeneutical tool for the purposes of, what I broadly term here, "the contemporary Muslim reformist project" (as is briefly defined later). This book aims to accomplish this by, at times, critically examining how this concept is used in contemporary Muslim reformist thought in relation to a number of specific philosophical, legal, ethical, social, and political issues.