This is an ongoing project that attempts to respond to the political theologies of Karl Schmitt and Paul Kahn. It uses the Quranic theory of sacrifice as a counterpoint to Christian and Jewish conceptions of sacrifice to argue that Islam's conception of sacrifice -- in contrast to the superhuman or divine notions of sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity -- provides a conception of sacrifice focused on the well-being of the sacrificant and his community that is achieved through the sacrifice in a fashion that both demands a moderate degree of altruism while respecting a restrained pursuit of regard for one's self. This Islamic model of sacrifice therefore is consistent with Rawls' notion of the citizen as being both reasonable -- which speaks to the other-regarding aspect of the moral personality -- and rational -- which speaks to the self-regarding portion of the human personality. By exploring the story of Abraham (Ibrahim) in the Quran and exegesis, the project also contrasts the notion of revelation to ordinary law in the Islamic dispensation with its role in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, and the political consequences attendant to these different conceptions of revelation.
| First name | Last name | Gender | Rank | Affiliated Institution | Country |
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| Mohammad | Fadel | Male | Associate Professor | Canada | |
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Bio: I am an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. I joined the Faculty in January 2006. I wrote my dissertation on legal process in medieval Islamic law while at the University of Chicago and received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. Professor Fadel was admitted to the Bar of New York in 2000 and practiced law with the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York, New York, where he worked on a wide variety of corporate finance transactions and securities-related regulatory investigations. Professor Fadel also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer of the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and the Honorable Anthony A. Alaimo of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Professor Fadel has published numerous articles in Islamic legal history and Islam and liberalism. |
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Fiqh & Jurisprudence Islamic Law Usul al-Fiqh & Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence Islamic Religious Life Islam & Islamic studies
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