A Rhetorical Examination of the Fatwā: Religion as an Instrument for Power, Prestige, and Political Gains in the Islamic World
[Thesis]
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Aljahli
Gonzalez, Alberto; Lengel, Lara
Bowling Green State University
2017
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Committee members: Frey, Christopher; Gorsevski, Ellen
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-31706-0
Ph.D.
Media and Communication
Bowling Green State University
2017
This dissertation examines the fatwā, an Islamic religious ruling and scholarly opinion on matters of Islamic law, and how fatwā is used as cultural, political and legal rhetoric. It illustrates how rhetoric of ulamā [scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law], mutakallimun [theologians], muftis [group of theologians or canon lawyers], qadis [judges], professors, and Sheikh al Islam [the highest-level state religious official], play a role in culture and communication in the Islamic world to gain political, social, cultural, and spiritual control.
Communication; Rhetoric
Language, literature and linguistics;Communication and the arts;Culture;Fatwa;Islamic law;Middle East and North Africa;Political communication;Political rhetoric