Constituting Religion: Islam, Liberal Rights, and the Malaysian State

ISBN-13: 9781108439176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 225 str.

Tamir Moustafa

Opis

Constituting Religion examines how constitutional provisions for both Islam and liberal rights catalyse conflicts over religion in Malaysia and feed a "rights-versus-rites" binary. This title is also available as Open Access.

Recenzje

'… [an] important book.' Spencer Dew, Religious Studies Review

Spis treści

Introduction: constituting religion; 1. The constitutive power of law and courts; 2. The secular roots of Islamic law in Malaysia; 3. Islam and liberal rights in the federal constitution; 4. The judicialization of religion; 5. Constructing the political spectacle: liberal rights versus Islam in the court of public opinion; 6. The rights-versus-rites binary in popular legal consciousness; 7. 'Islam is the religion of the federation'; Conclusion; Appendix: religion of the state, source law, and repugnancy clause provisions among Muslim-majority countries; Bibliography; Index.