Speaking for Islam : religious authorities in Muslim societies

Introduction: Religious Authority and Religious Authorities in Muslim Societies. A Critical Overview Gudrun Kramer and Sabine Schmidtke This day have I perfected your religion for you: A Zahiri Conception of Religious Authority Camilla Adang The Epistemology of Excellence: Sunni-Shi'i Dialectics on Legitimate Leadership Asma Afsaruddin The Relationship between Chief Qadi and Chief Da'i under the Fatimids Paul E. Walker Forms and Functions of `Licences To Transmit' (Ijazas) in 18th-Century-Iran: 'Abd Allah al-Musawi al-Jaza'iri al-Tustari's (1112-73/1701-59) Ijaza Kabira Sabine Schmidtke Asserting Religious Authority in late 19th/early 20th Century Morocco: Muhammad b. Ja'far al-Kattani (d. 1927) and his Kitab Salwat al-Anas Bettina Dennerlein Consensus and Religious Authority in Modern Islam: The Discourses of the 'Ulama' Muhammad Qasim Zaman Drawing Boundaries: Yusuf al-Qardawi on Apostasy Gudrun Kramer A Doctrine in the Making? Velayat-e faqih in Post-Revolutionary Iran Katajun Amirpur Religious Authority in Transnational Sufi Networks: Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi al-Haqqani al-Naqshbani Annabelle Boettcher The Modern Dede: Changing Parameters for Religious Authority in Contemporary Turkish Alevism Markus Dressler Index