| Description |
vii, 248 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Library of modern Middle East studies ; 34 |
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Library of modern Middle East studies ; 34
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Shari'a: Concepts, Origins and Mutations -- Ch. 2. Institutions: Courts Qadis and Muftis -- Ch.3. The Shari'a and Political Authority -- Ch. 4. The Age of Reform: the Etatization of Law -- Ch. 5. The Shari'a in Modern Institutions and Discourses: Egypt -- Ch. 6. The Politics of the Shari'a in Iran |
| Summary |
This book is an original contribution to the debates surrounding Islam and ideas of modernity. Starting from modern concerns, it examines the origins and evolution of the Shari'a (Islamic law), and the corpus of texts, concepts and practices in which it has been enshrined. Sami Zubaida considers key historical episodes of political accommodations and contests between scholars and sultans. Drawing on modern examples, mainly from Egypt and Iran, Zubaida explores how the Shari'a has evolved and mutated to accommodate the workings of a modern state by examining the reforms of the 19th and 20th centuries and the politics of the contemporary world |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index |
| Subject |
Islam and politics -- History.
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Islam -- Customs and practices.
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Islamic law.
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| LC no. |
2004615131 |
| ISBN |
1860648657 |
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