Islamic law and legal education in modern Egypt

Aria Nakissa

Islamic law and legal education in modern Egypt

Aria Nakissa

Harvard University

Research output: Types of Thesis › Doctoral thesis

Abstract

This dissertation examines the transmission of Islamic legal knowledge in modern Egypt. It is based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Cairo among formally trained Islamic scholars. With governmental permission, I was able to attend classes at both al-Azhar’s Faculty of Sharīʿah and Cairo University’s Dār al-ʿUlūm. I also participated in the network of traditional study circles operating in and around al-Azhar mosque.

Original language	English
Supervisors/Advisors	Caton, Steven , Supervisor, External person
Publisher	Harvard University
Print ISBNs	978-1-267-71491-6
Publication status	Published - Apr 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Islamic law and legal education in modern Egypt

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