Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on Transliteration, Translation, and Dates 1 Introduction 1.1 Contested Territory: Dar al-Islam and Dar al-arb in Western Academia and Beyond 1.2 Research Questions and Scope of This Study 1.3 Sources and Methodology 1.4 Conceptual Framework: A Spatial Perspective on Islamic Legal Discourse 1.5 Typology of Territorial Concepts and Chapter Outline Part 1: Territoriality in Islamic Legal Discourse: A Historical Outline 2 Formation and Development of Territorial Concepts in the Pre-Modern Period 2.1 The Emergence of the Concepts of Dar al-Islam and Dar al-arb 2.2 The Development of Territorial Concepts in the Pre-modern Period 2.

3 Residence in Non-Muslim Territory and the Obligation of Hijra 2.4 Ibn Taymiyya''s Attempt to Abandon Dualist Conceptions of Territories 2.5 On the Applicability of the Sharia and the Validity of Non-Muslim Laws 2.6 Chapter Summary and Concluding Remarks3 Debates on Territoriality in the Modern Period 3.1 Dar al-Islam under Occupation: Discussions about Territoriality in the Colonial Period 3.2 Rethinking Territoriality in a World of Nation States 3.3 Is Europe Dar al-Islam? The Beginnings of the Contemporary Discourse on Territoriality 3.4 Chapter Summary and Concluding Remarks Part 2: Contemporary Discourse on Territoriality 4 Dar al-Islam versus Dar al-Kufr : Reinventing Traditional Binaries 4.

1 Prominent Proponents 4.2 Contextualizing Their Approaches 4.3 Dar al-Islam versus Dar al-Kufr : A Perennial Dichotomy 4.4 The West as a "Territory of Unbelief" 4.5 Territoriality from the Perspective of Hizb ut-Tahrir 4.6 Jihadists'' Views on Territoriality 4.7 Chapter Summary and Concluding Remarks5 Dar al-Islam and the West: A Contractual Relationship 5.1 Prominent Proponents 5.

2 Contextualizing Their Approaches 5.3 Normative but Adaptable? Tracing the Origins of Territorial Concepts 5.4 Defining the Boundaries of Dar al-Islam 5.5 Locating the West 5.6 Chapter Summary and Concluding Remarks6 Dar al-Islam Relocated: How "Islamic" is the West? 6.1 Prominent Proponents 6.2 Contextualizing Their Approaches 6.3 "Islam Does Not Know Geographic Boundaries" - Reconsidering the Origins of Dar al-Islam 6.

4 Deconstructing Traditional Boundaries 6.5 The Institutionalization of the Idea: The International Institute of Islamic Thought 6.6 Measuring the "Islamicity" of Modern States: The Shariah Index Project 6.7 Chapter Summary and Concluding Remarks7 Rethinking Territoriality beyond Dar al-Islam : Alternative Calls for Overcoming Geo-Religious Boundaries 7.1 Prominent Proponents 7.2 Contextualizing their Approaches 7.3 Dar al-Shahada : Ramadan''s Notion of the World as a Unified "Territory of Testimony" 7.4 Oubrou''s Call for a New "Geotheology" 7.

5 Nayed''s Concept of the "Interior Abode of Peace" 7.6 Chapter Summary and Concluding Remarks Part 3: Why Territoriality Matters 8 Territoriality, Residence, and Legal Interpretation in the West 8.1 Legitimacy of Residence in non-Muslim Countries 8.2 On the Validity of non-Muslim Laws 8.3 Territoriality and the Legitimization of Minority Fiqh 8.4 Chapter Summary and Concluding Remarks9 Territoriality, Authority, and Identity 9.1 Territoriality and the Question of Religious Authority in a Globalized World 9.2 Territoriality and the Construction of Muslim Identity 9.

3 Chapter Summary and Concluding Remarks10 Conclusion Bibliography Interviews and Personal Communication.