Who or what is the wali al-amr: The unposed question
<p>Modern Islamic political thought has grappled with the nature of state authority by using and reshaping the tools of classical legal and political thought. That is a tradition that gives rich guidance on what a ruler should and should not do, but it gives much less certain guidance (and all...
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Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
2020-10-01
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Series: | Oñati Socio-Legal Series |
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Online Access: | http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1095 |