[soc.religion.islam] Book on interaction of Islamic and European traditions

gt8145a@prism.gatech.edu (FADEL,AYMAN HOSSAM) (01/08/91)

According to the Georgia Committee on US-Arab Relations Winter 90-91
newsletter,  the book _Islamic Jurisprudence:  An International
Perspective_ (St. Martins, 1988) by C G Weeramantry offers the thesis
that Islamic writers anticipated--even precipated--major developments
in the intellectual history of Western Europe.  The book idenifies the
pioneer interpreters and disseminators of Islamic thought to the West and
introduces the reader to Muslim law in general.  

blais@emx.utexas.edu (Donald Blais) (01/11/91)

In article <1991Jan8.025110.28895@nntp-server.caltech.edu> gt8145a@prism.gatech.edu (FADEL,AYMAN HOSSAM) writes:
>According to the Georgia Committee on US-Arab Relations Winter 90-91
>newsletter,  the book _Islamic Jurisprudence:  An International
>Perspective_ (St. Martins, 1988) by C G Weeramantry offers the thesis
>that Islamic writers anticipated--even precipated--major developments
>in the intellectual history of Western Europe.  The book idenifies the
>pioneer interpreters and disseminators of Islamic thought to the West and
>introduces the reader to Muslim law in general.  


Excellent reference.  Here's another book of related interest...

Na`im, `Abd Allah Ahmad, 1946-
Toward an Islamic reformation:
civil liberties, human rights, and international law
Syracuse University Press, 1990
ISBN: 0815624840
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