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|PPE Hons & Theology BSc | Striving to be a Talib | ރ|
Apr 1, 2025 26 tweets 4 min read
🧵🪡: An overview of the history of how The Ottoman Siyāsa Shar‘iyyah combined Governance and Islamic Jurisprudence:

This thread aims to explore how Ottoman jurists justified governance innovations and revolutionary policies under an ever-changing world and empire. Image 1) The Ottoman Empire (1299–1924) developed a revolutionary model of governance through Siyāsa Shar‘iyyah (Islamic political jurisprudence). This system allowed rulers to enact state laws (Qanun) alongside Shari‘ah while ensuring legitimacy within the Islamic legal framework.