Port In A Storm: A Fiqh Solution To The Qibla Of North America

The Qibla is the noblest of directions. This book settles the question of the physical direction of Mecca from North America in the first thirty pages, after which it presents to readers for the first time the 1998 Fatwa of al-Azhar on the North American qibla. From this point of departure, the author surveys such major contemporary issues as the relation between religion and science, the Sacred and profane, scholars and engineers, ijtihad and taqlid. Combining traditional Islamic law, a clear exposition of the complex geographical issues, and the author own meetings and correspondence with twenty-three contemporary scholars from seven Muslim lands, the book is a journey of discovery not only for Western Muslims, but everyone interested in Sacred Law in a modern world.

 

" . . . excellent, clear, detailed, and well documented."
KHALID BLANKINSHIP, Temple University

 

"A timely, concise, and convincing response to those who argue that the qibla in North America is other than to the northeast not only must reading for all those seeking a definitive solution to the recurring qibla controversy; it is also a valuable resource for anyone interested in well reasoned, in-depth contemporary Islamic scholarship."
ZAID SHAKIR

 

" likely to prove the authoritative study in a long-debated and divisive controversy.It spells the end of a myth."
MUHAMMAD ISA WALEY, The British Library

 

" an extremely good work perhaps the first time the topic has been covered from all angles, particularly fiqh and science, so well."
MUZAMMIL SIDDIQI

 

"With the publication of Port in a Storm, Sheikh Nuh Keller establishes a new standard for Islamic scholarship in the English language."

YUSUF TALAL DELORENZO



About the Author

NUH HA MIM KELLER has read Islamic jurisprudence, hadith, and other traditional sciences with sheikhs in Damascus, Syria, and in Amman, Jordan, where he has lived since 1980 and currently writes and teaches.