Contemporary islamic law between tradition and challenges of modernity : some examples worth consideration

Piwko, Aldona (author)

Islamic law is a perfect divine law; therefore, man cannot change it. This law was once and for all given to people to be fulfilled as something fixed and immutable. Man can only interpret and explain it. Shari’a is a collection of Islamic religious law written in the Quran. Islamic law covers all spheres of human life, precisely defining the duties of a believer towards the Creator. The changing world in modern times brings forth the notion that Islamic law must be modified. Thus, it is necessary to adapt Islamic legislation to the laws and legal norms of Latin tradition. This is due to the development of economic cooperation between Islamic countries and other parts of the world. That is why a civil code formalizing Shari’a was developed and implemented. Islamic law is also a source of controversy due to the severity of penalties for offences. This article also analyses the situation of women in the Muslim world, which, despite the changes, is still complicated and often tricky. This article offers an interdisciplinary approach; it combines various fields of knowledge: theology, politics, law, and religious studies.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Islam, law, politics, Quran, Shariʼa, modernity
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 91-101
• Numbering: Letn. 81, [št.] 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163865
• UDC: 28-74
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2021/01/Piwko
• COBISS.SI-ID: 86991875
• Publication date in RUL: 14.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Sodobno islamsko pravo med tradicijo in izzivi modernosti : nekaj upoštevanja vrednih primerov

Abstract

Islamsko pravo je popolno božje pravo, zato ga človek ne more spreminjati. To pravo je bilo ljudem dano enkrat za vselej, da bi ga izpolnjevali kot nekaj vnaprej določenega in nespremenljivega. Človek ga lahko zgolj interpretira in razlaga. Šarija je zbirka islamskega verskega prava, zapisanega v Koranu. Islamsko ali šeriatsko pravo pokriva vsa področja človeškega življenja in natančno določa vernikove obveznosti do Stvarnika. Spreminjajoči se svet moderne dobe postavlja v ospredje prepričanje, da se mora islamsko pravo preoblikovati. To je posledica razvoja ekonomskega sodelovanja med muslimanskimi državami in drugimi deli sveta. Od tod izhajata tudi razvoj in uresničevanje civilne zakonodaje, ki šeriatsko pravo formalizira. Islamsko pravo je obenem vir nasprotovanja zaradi ostrine kazni za storjene prestopke. Članek analizira tudi položaj žensk v muslimanskem svetu, ki je kljub spremembam še vedno zapleten in pogosto težek. Članek ponuja interdisciplinarni pristop, saj združuje različna področja védenja: teologijo, politiko, pravo in religijske študije.

• Keywords: islam, pravo, politika, Koran, šarija, modernost