Shariʻa politics Islamic law and society in the modern world / [electronic resource] : edited by Robert W. Hefner. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (329 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Shariʻa politics -- law and society in the modern muslim world / Saudi Arabia : public, civil, and individual Shariʻa in law and politics / Egypt : cacophony and consensus in the twenty-first century / Iran : Shariʻa politics and the transformation of Islamic law / Turkey : Islam without shariʻa? / Afghanistan : the local and the global in the practice of Shariʻa / Pakistan : Shariʻa and the state / Nigeria : mapping a Shariʻa restorationist movement / Indonesia : Shariʻa politics and democratic transition / Robert W. Hefner -- Frank E. Vogel -- Nathan J. Brown -- Bahman Baktiari -- M. Hakan Yavuz -- T. Barfield -- Muhammad Qasim Zaman -- Paul M. Lubeck -- Robert W. Hefner.

9780253000897 (electronic bk.) 0253000890 (electronic bk.)


Islam and politics.
Islam and state.
Islam and world politics.
Islamic law.
RELIGION / Islam / Theology


Electronic books.

BP173.7 / .S5315 2011eb

297.2/72