Sharia and the making of the modern Egyptian : Islamic law and custom in the courts of Ottoman Cairo / Reem A. Meshal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meshal, Reem A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Egypt--Islamic influences--History.

Law.

Islamic law--Social aspects--Egypt--History.

Islamic law.

Customary law--Egypt--Cairo--History.

Customary law.

Islamic courts--Egypt--Cairo--History.

Islamic courts.

History.

Social aspects.

Egypt--History--1517-1882.

Egypt.

Egypt--Cairo.

Physical Description:

xi, 290 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2014.

Summary:

"While the Ottoman administration of justice consciously molded society to a more homogenous system of rights and obligations, it was far more cognizant of the distinction between 'sins' and 'crimes' than its successors. Noncthcless, its conflation of religious and political authority foreshadows the current struggle over the role of religion and state in post-Mubarak Egypt." Book jacket.

Contents:

The Empire in Theory

Custom in Shari'a and in the Siyasati Ilahi (Celestial Siyasa)

The Construction of Orthodoxy : Renewal (Tajdid) & Renunciation (Takfir)

"This Sijill is a Hujja!" Mass Producing Documents in Ottoman-Cairo

The Documented Life

The Rights of God (Huquq Allah) : "A Moral Transgression, not a Crime"

The Rights of Man (Huquq al-Adamiyyin).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index.

ISBN:

9789774166174

9774166175

OCLC:

837146591

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