ISLAMIC LAW AND LEGAL EDUCATION IN MODERN EGYPT
Contributors: Caton, Steven; Ahmed, Asad; Messick, Brinkley; Johansen, Baber
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: 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 Shari'ah and Cairo University's Dar al-Ulum. I also participated in the network of traditional study circles operating in and around al-Azhar mosque.
Notes: Keywords: Anthropology, Azhar, Education, Egypt, Islam, Law.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012