Sharia Dynamics: Islamic Law and Sociopolitical Processes

✍ Scribed by Timothy P. Daniels (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 363
• Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This multidisciplinary volume explores the role of Islamic law within the dynamic processes of postcolonial transformation, nation building, and social reform. Here, eleven international scholars examine Islamic law in several contemporary sociopolitical contexts, focusing specifically on Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, China, Tunisia, Nigeria, the United States, and the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The contributors also address the entanglement of Islamic law and ethics with the history of Muslim religious discourses, shifts toward modernity, gender relations, and efforts to construct exclusive or plural national communities. Sharia Dynamics, at once enchanting and enlightening, is a must-read for scholars of contemporary Islam.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Sharia Dynamics and the Anthropology of Islam....Pages 1-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Fatwa, Discursivity, and the Production of Sharia....Pages 31-61
Fatwās on Mohamed Bouazizi’s Self-Immolation: Religious Authority, Media, and Secularization....Pages 63-89
Sharia Law and Muslim Ethical Imaginaries in Modern Indonesia....Pages 91-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Sharia in China: Compromising Perceptions....Pages 119-139
Interplay of Sharia Projects: Between Ketuanan Melayu, Islam, and Liberal Rights in Malaysia....Pages 141-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Gendered Accounts of Expertise Within Islamic Finance and Financialization in Malaysia....Pages 171-201
The Difficulty of Accounting for Women Who Critique Sharia in Northern Nigeria....Pages 203-221
Islamic Movements, Women, and Social Reform: Who Speaks of the Sharia in Pakistan?....Pages 223-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
You Are Not a Muslim: Ahmadiyya Exclusion and Sharia Interpretation in Pakistan....Pages 253-278
Anwar and Maqasid: Forging a Muslim Democracy....Pages 279-302
A Veneer of Unity? Islam and a Culture of Inclusion in Sabah....Pages 303-323
Back Matter....Pages 325-364

✦ Subjects

Social Anthropology;Sociology of Religion;Religion and Society;Islam