CSI Monday Majlis : WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD’S LAW GIVES YOU UNJUST RESULTS?

JONATHAN AC BROWN
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD’S LAW GIVES YOU UNJUST RESULTS?
Monday Majlis Online on the 2nd of December, 17: 00-18:30 (UK time)
Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

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Bio: Jonathan AC Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He received his BA in History from Georgetown University in 2000 and his doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 2006. Professor Brown has studied and conducted research in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, South Africa, India, Indonesia and Iran.
His book publications include The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Brill, 2007); Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Oneworld, 2009; expanded edition 2017); Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011), which was selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf; Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy (Oneworld, 2014), which was named one of the top books on religion in 2014 by the Independent; Slavery and Islam (Oneworld, 2019), and Islam & Blackness (Oneworld, 2022). He has published articles in the fields of Hadith, Islamic law, Salafism, Sufism, Arabic lexical theory and Pre-Islamic poetry and is the editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law. Professor Brown’s current research interests include Islamic legal reform and a translation of Sahih al-Bukhari. He has appeared on, but not watched, ESPN.
https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RYoCAAW/jonathan-brown

Abstract: The Shariah is believed to be God’s law, based on and derived from revelation and valid for all times and places. Much of Islamic thought in the last two centuries, however, has revolved around tensions over whether this law actually provides justice on crucial issues, such as gender and religious pluralism. This talk will look at how Muslim scholars in the pre-modern period theorized how God’s law and justice might not always be in accord and how they dealt with this institutionally.

In the spirit of the label ‘Majlis’ and also to make the talks even more interesting, our speakers present the topic discussed as embedded in their own journey. You can watch the previous Majlises here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8YRkUahFj_81oJzCSDLTx4kVQQgeHLc-, but we don’t record the Q&A in order to keep the discussion free. Please come and enjoy the talks and the discussions : ) If you’d like to be included in the CSI (Centre for the Study of Islam (Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter) mailing list, please write to me (I.T.Kristo-Nagy@ex.ac.uk).
We’ll be happy to welcome you!
István T Kristó-Nagy https://arabislamicstudies.exeter.ac.uk/staff/kristo-nagy/