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Principles of Islamic Interpersonal Conflict Intervention: A Search within Islam and Western Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2015

Amr Abdalla
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss potential principles for interpersonal dispute resolution models within an Islamic context. Such a task requires an Islamic researcher to walk a fine line in order to avoid falling in one of two methodological traps. The first trap is to draw upon western literature on conflict analysis and resolution without sufficient consideration of whether and how that literature may be applied in an Islamic setting. The subtle assumptions underlying most of the conflict intervention models developed in the west have gone undetected, until recently. The other trap is to embark upon a review of the existing Islamic literature relevant to conflict. This approach leads directly to entrapment in circles of legalistic interpretations developed centuries ago, which lack the spirit of conflict resolution as a movement for social change and an interdisciplinary field of research.

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Journal of Law and Religion , Volume 15 , 2001 , pp. 151 - 184
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Copyright © Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University 2000

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