THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF TAHA JABIR AL-ALWANI'S CONCEPT OF FIQH AL-AQALLIYYAT

Creative Commons License

YAKAR E. E., Yakar S.

HITIT THEOLOGY JOURNAL, vol.20, no.1, pp.377-403, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.14395/hid.865002
  • Journal Name: HITIT THEOLOGY JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Academic Search Premier, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.377-403
  • Keywords: Islamic law, Muslim minority, Taha Cabir al-Alwani, fiqh al-aqalliyyat, Muslim minority law
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The issues concerning the legality of residing in non-Muslim territories have direct and indirect ramifications for many Muslims who live in non-Muslim countries including American Muslims. The term non-Muslim country refers to places where Islam is neither the dominant religion nor the determiner of the legal system or the political power. The applicability of Islamic law in non-Muslim countries, the territoriality of Islamic law, the obligations of Muslim residents in non-Muslim societies, and the obedience to non-Muslim territories' laws can be regarded as the dimensions related to the status of Muslim minorities. All of these are evaluated to provide detailed legal opinions and interpretations that govern the conduct of Muslim minorities.