Changes within Islamic International Law: A Comparative Study between the Views of Ayatullah Khamenei and Shaykh Zuḥaylī

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Assistant Professor in Al-Mustafa International University, Qum, Iran

Abstract

The primary focus of this research is to elucidate the views of two esteemed contemporary Qurānic exegetes and jurists regarding changes that have occurred in Islamic international law. Islamic international law, also known as siyar (lit. conducts), has, for a long period, not seen the same sort of expansion and change witnessed in the methods and subject-matters of current international relations. Some of these failings are related to the methodology of this Islamic and international discipline lacking relevant development.
     In the present research, which has been conducted in a descriptive-analytical manner, the theoretical foundations and legal workings of the two mentioned scholars have been compared based upon the most important subject of international law, i.e., the international relations of Islamic countries with their counterparts in the two areas of war and peace.    
     The findings of this research, conducted as a comparative study, indicate that the views of Ayatullah Khamenei are resolutely sound, as they are based on a well-grounded method in understanding the verses of the Glorious Qur’ān and on a new and precise analysis of expediency that runs parallel with the apparent meanings of the verses dealing with war and peace. This, in its own place, has the potential to generate substantial changes in the field of Islamic international law and create avenues for it to have appropriate interactions with current international law.

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The Quran: Contemporary Studies
Volume 3, Issue 7 - Serial Number 7
Third year, Number 7, Spring 2024
May 2024
Pages 6-25

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