num_pages: 257
description: This is the first comprehensive study of the life and works of Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr - an Iraqi scholar who made an important contribution to the renewal of Islamic law and politics in the contemporary Middle East. Executed in 1980, Sadr was the most articulate thinker and a major political actor in the revival of Shi'i learning, which placed Najaf in Southern Iraq at its centre. Dr Chibli Mallat examines the intellectual development of Sadr and his companions who included Ruhullah al-Khumaini and assesses Sadr's innovative approaches to the study of law, economics and banking. The author convincingly demonstrates how Sadr's ideas and activities were influential in the rise of political Islam across the Middle East and played an important part in the Iranian revolution of 1979.
language: English
title: The Renewal of Islamic Law: Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr, Najaf and the Shi'i International
titlecomplete: The Renewal of Islamic Law: Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr, Najaf and the Shi'i International (Cambridge Middle East Library, Series Number 29)
genres: Religion, Law
ratings_count: 7
series: Cambridge Middle East Library
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Albert Hourani Book Award
publisher: Cambridge University Press