Shariʻa politics [electronic resource] : Islamic law and society in the modern world / edited by Robert W. Hefner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hefner, Robert W., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics.

Islam and state.

Islam and world politics.

Islamic law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the most important developments in Muslim politics in recent years has been the spread of movements calling for the implementation of shari`a or Islamic law. Shari`ʻa Politics maps the ideals and organization of these movements and examines their implications for the future of democracy, citizen rights, and gender relations in the Muslim world. These studies of eight Muslim-majority societies, and state-of-the-field reflections by leading experts, provide the first comparative investigation of

Contents:

Introduction : Shariʻa politics

law and society in the modern muslim world / Robert W. Hefner

Saudi Arabia : public, civil, and individual Shariʻa in law and politics / Frank E. Vogel

Egypt : cacophony and consensus in the twenty-first century / Nathan J. Brown

Iran : Shariʻa politics and the transformation of Islamic law / Bahman Baktiari

Turkey : Islam without shariʻa? / M. Hakan Yavuz

Afghanistan : the local and the global in the practice of Shariʻa / T. Barfield

Pakistan : Shariʻa and the state / Muhammad Qasim Zaman

Nigeria : mapping a Shariʻa restorationist movement / Paul M. Lubeck

Indonesia : Shariʻa politics and democratic transition / Robert W. Hefner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-23581-1

9786613235817

0-253-00089-0

OCLC:

735596302