Fatwā and War: On the Allegiance of the American Muslim Soldiers in the Aftermath of September 11

Abstract The domination of the world system by the nation-state poses a formidable challenge to modern Islamic political and juristic discourse, especially when the state is secular and non-Islamic. In this article, I examine a collective fatwā, issued a few weeks after the September 11 attacks on W...

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Main Author: Nafi, Basheer (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2004
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2004, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 78-116
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