Challenging the secular state : the Islamization of law in modern Indonesia / Arskal Salim.

By:

Salim, Arskal [author.]

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Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781441619877
1441619879
9780824861797
0824861795
9780824868963
082486896X

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Challenging the secular state.DDC classification:

340.5/909598 22

LOC classification:

KNW469 .S25 2008eb

Other classification:

86.14

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Shari'a and the nation-state -- Islamization and nationalism -- The constitutionalization of Shari'a -- The nationalization of Shari'a --The localization of Shari'a in Aceh.

Summary: "Challenging the Secular State examines Muslim efforts to incorporate shari'a (religious law) into modern Indonesia's legal system from the time of independence in 1945 to the present. The author argues that attempts to formally implement shari'a in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim state, have always been marked by tensions between the political aspirations of proponents and opponents of shari'a and by resistance from the national government. As a result, although pro-shari'a movements have made significant progress in recent years, shari'a remains tightly confined within Indonesia's secular legal system. The author first places developments in Indonesia within a broad historical and geographic context, offering a provocative analysis of the Ottoman empire's millet system and thoughtful comparisons of different approaches to pro-shari'a movements in other Muslim countries (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan). He then describes early aspirations for the formal implementation of shari'a in Indonesia in the context of modern understandings of religious law as conflicting with the idea of the nation-state."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index.

Shari'a and the nation-state -- Islamization and nationalism -- The constitutionalization of Shari'a -- The nationalization of Shari'a --The localization of Shari'a in Aceh.

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"Challenging the Secular State examines Muslim efforts to incorporate shari'a (religious law) into modern Indonesia's legal system from the time of independence in 1945 to the present. The author argues that attempts to formally implement shari'a in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim state, have always been marked by tensions between the political aspirations of proponents and opponents of shari'a and by resistance from the national government. As a result, although pro-shari'a movements have made significant progress in recent years, shari'a remains tightly confined within Indonesia's secular legal system. The author first places developments in Indonesia within a broad historical and geographic context, offering a provocative analysis of the Ottoman empire's millet system and thoughtful comparisons of different approaches to pro-shari'a movements in other Muslim countries (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan). He then describes early aspirations for the formal implementation of shari'a in Indonesia in the context of modern understandings of religious law as conflicting with the idea of the nation-state."--Jacket.