Summary Of The Calligraphic State
In your book The Calligraphic State, you drew upon the different ideas in Shari’a society around hierarchy and it’s role it plays in society, and especially in the courts. There are many different rules to this society on knowledge and who possesses different amounts of knowledge; the people who are ‘alim and the jahil. According to Shari’a Law those who are ‘alim, or possess knowledge, carry more societal burdens and also can testify in court before a judge. Those who are jahil, aren’t held to the prestige like the knowledge-holding members of society, and aren’t able to testify in court. On the other side of the argument, you review the beliefs of Al-Shawkani, who believes that the concepts of ‘alim and jahil should be revised, and changed