Role of Islamic values in shaping the built environment of Muslim cities | ||
| Journal of Urban Research | ||
| Article 6, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 1999, Pages 137-158 PDF (2.3 M) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jur.1999.94755 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khalid. Z. Eladli | ||
| urban design department, faculty of regional and urban planning, Cairo university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper attempts to Identify and record the religious norms that governed and continue to govem and continue to govem the development of spatial form in Muslim cities. A discussion pertaining to the underlying principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (usual - high ) and the objectives of Islamed law (maqasid al — sharia ) is followed by an in depth investigation of the basic Islamic value systems catening to the social and ethical practical governing the relation between the individual and the community and the economic and administrative systems the [after then examines and analyses the impact of these Islamic values on shaping the built environment of Muslim cities concluding an overview of where the city stands in terms of its evaluation | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Islamic values; Muslim cities; community; governing and administrative systems | ||
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