An epistemic shift in islamic law educational reform at al-azhar and dar al-.ulum

Islamic Law and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 209-251

  Nakissa, Aria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

al Azhar; education; Egypt; episteme; ijtihad; Islamic law; modernization; taqlid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905372333     PISSN: 09289380     EISSN: 15685195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685195-00213p02     Document Type: Article

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