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Our Publications’ databank / collection

‘Our Publications’ collection is a bibliographic database of the Foundation's own publications. These works are the outcome of prominent research projects and events carried out by the three centres of the Foundation, i.e. the ‘Manuscripts Centre’, the ‘Mawsoa Centre’ and the ‘Maqasid Centre’.

This collection was added to the ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ to enrich the user research experience. The collection is continuously updated, and currently contains over 200 works in over 400 volumes. These cover both introductory and advanced topics discussed and presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Islamic written heritage.

It also includes many popular and heavily cited publications, as well as award winning works, such as the critical edition of al-Isfizāri’s book which deals with the field of mechanics, known as “the sciences of weights and mechanical devices” (‘Ilmay al-Athqāl wal-Ḥiyal). Other popular items include works by the late famous scholar Annemarie Schimmel, such as The Secrets of Creative Love (1998) and Islam and the Wonders of Creation(2003); and many other highly demanded references, including the unique Encyclopaedia of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah.

The Role of the Purposes of Islamic Law in Contemporary Legislation

By Mohamed S. El-Awa
2006
Arabic
Lectures
9781905650026
Booklet
Paperback
1
56
0.081 kg
Mohamed Salim El-Awa (Author)
Maʿāṣir

The book examines the various opinions on the maqāṣid and the need to take a middle way position in understanding the holy scriptures, an understanding that is built on objective and sound bases and principles. Dr. Mohamed Salim el-Awa, in this opening lecture for the Centre for the Study of the Philosophy of Islamic Law, discusses how the “middle way” school of thought can play a role in guiding and developing contemporary Islamic intellectual thought and assisting in its renewal. He also details the role of maqāṣid in renewing ijtihād based on a number of holistic principles of the religion.