Iyad Zahalka is the Qadi (judge) of the Shari'a Court of Jerusalem as well as a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, and Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Drawing on his experience as the former director of the Israeli Shari'a Court system, Zahalka's work focuses on the tension between minority identity and integration in Western society. He is the author of Guide to Shari'a Law (2008) and Shari'a Courts between Identity and Adjudication (2009).
Introduction; 1. Fiqh al-aqalliyy
t: theoretical background and evolvement; 2. Fiqh al-aqalliyy
t: methodology and implementation in the field of personal standing; 3. Muslim minorities: implementation of Shari
a in general and Fiqh al-aqalliyy
t in particular; 4. The evolution of Muslim religious law among the Muslim minority in Israel and its linkage to Fiqh al-aqalliyy
t al-Muslima doctrine; 5. The future of Fiqh al-aqalliyy
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