Sharia Dynamics: Islamic Law and Sociopolitical Processes

ISBN-13: 9783319456911 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 364 str.

Timothy P. Daniels

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Sharia Dynamics and the Anthropology of Islam

PART ONE: SHARIA AND DISCURSIVE TRADITION

2. Fatwa, Discursivity, and the Production of Sharia

3. Fatwās on Mohamed Bouazizi’s Self Immolation: Religious Authority, 

Media, and Secularization

4. Sharia Law and Muslim Ethical Imaginaries in Modern Indonesia

PART TWO: SHARIA, STATE, AND SOCIETY

5. Sharia in China: Compromising Perceptions

6. Interplay of Sharia Projects: Between Ketuanan Melayu, Islam, and Liberal Rights in Malaysia

PART THREE: SHARIA AND GENDER

7. Gendered Accounts of Expertise within Islamic Finance and Financialization in Malaysia

8. The Difficulty of Accounting for Women Who Critique Sharia in Northern Nigeria

9. Islamic Movements, Women, and Social Reform: Who Speaks of the Sharia in Pakistan?

PART FOUR: SHARIA AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM

10. You Are Not a Muslim: Ahmadiyya Exclusion and Sharia Interpretation in Pakistan

11. Anwar and Maqasid: Forging a Muslim Democracy

12. A Veneer of Unity? Islam and a Culture of Inclusion in Sabah

O autorze

Timothy P. Daniels is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Hofstra University, USA.