[HIGHLIGHTS] Academic Sami Ayoub: The Ottomans adopted jurisprudential and religious pluralism, and Sharia is the moral legitimacy of modern law.

Al Jazeera Net hosts Dr. Sami Ayoub, author of the book “Jurisprudence, the State, and the Sultan: The Ottoman Empire and the Making of Islamic Juris Prudence” The book explores the relationship between the Hanafi school of thought in its late manifestations and the largest sultanate known in modern Islamic history.

The Ottomans adopted jurisprudential and religious pluralism, and Sharia is the moral legitimacy of modern law.