QĀḌĪ. A qāḍī is a judge responsible for the application of Islamic positive law (fiqh). The office originated under the rule of the first Umayyad caliphs (AH 40–85/661–705 CE), when the provincial...

The founder of jurisprudence, Abu Hanifa b.Muhammad al-Tamimi, al-Qadi was born around 290/903 in Qayrawan, North Africa, then a centre of Isma cultural life. entered the service of al-Mahdi (d. 322/934), the ruler and imam who established the Fatimid...

For the city in Gujarat, India, see Kadi, India. Qadi (also known as Qazi and Kadi) (Arabic: قاضي) is a judge ruling in accordance with the sharia, Islamic religious law. Because Islam makes no distinction between religious and secular domains,...

WASHINGTON - Yasin al-Qadi is an astute Saudi businessman. Beyond that, much about him is in dispute. The US government believes that Qadi, described as a financial backer of the Quincy company raided yesterday, is a secret financier for Al Qaeda. A friend...

Although the terms "empire" and "imperial (as in "The British Empire" and "Her Imperial Majesty") call up images of grandeur, in the colonies the business of empire was often quite humdrum and meant getting involved in the most detailed aspects of the lives of...

With its tales of brave men and dutiful women in a simpler, long-vanished Middle East, a Syrian soap opera has become the latest rage in the Arab world during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Throughout the month, people across the Middle East have rushed from...

Trail Of Terror: Many book houses and newsrooms across America have a shadow editor: Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz, a Saudi billionaire who's threatened to sue them for good press.He's getting it in spades. But it wasn't always that way.After 9/11, dozens of books and newspaper...