Fatwās for an Unprecedented Minority: Sheikh Rāid Badīr and the fiqh of Medical Transplantation for Muslims Living in Israel

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Abstract

This article deals with legal opinions (fatwās) for Muslims living in Israel as a minority under non-Muslim rule. A well-developed legal doctrine known as fiqh al-aqalliyyāt al-muslima (jurisprudence concerning Muslim minorities) applies to Muslim minorities living in the West. The innovators of fiqh al-aqalliyyāt, Yūsuf al-Qaraāwī and aha Jābir al-Alwānī, did not issue legal opinions for the Muslim minority living in Israel, which, because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is classified as The Abode of War (dār al-arb). In this article, I examine developments in Islamic jurisprudence for the Muslim minority living in Israel, with a focus on the legal opinions of Sheikh Rāid Badīr, the senior religious authority of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel and the pioneer in issuing fatwās for the Muslim minority in Israel.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)124-156
Number of pages33
JournalIslamic Law and Society
Volume30
Issue number1-2
Early online date22 Aug 2022
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

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Keywords

  • Dār al-arb
  • Muslim minority in Israel
  • Sheikh Rāid Badīr
  • fatwās
  • infertility treatment and artificial insemination
  • organ donation

RAMBI Publications

  • RAMBI Publications
  • Badir, Ra'id
  • Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Islam
  • Fatwas -- Israel
  • Muslims -- Israel
  • Islamic law -- Israel
  • Arab-Israeli conflict -- Religious aspects -- Islam
  • Muftis (Muslim officials) -- Israel

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