Living Sharia - Law and Practice in Malaysia

Timothy P. Daniels is professor of anthropology at Hofstra University. He is the author of Islamic Spectrum in Java and Building Cultural Nationalism in Malaysia, and editor of Performance, Popular Culture, and Piety in Muslim Southeast Asia.

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Chronology

Introduction: Sharia and the Anthropology of Knowledge

1. Sharia in Malaysia: The Historical Background

2. Family Law: Religious Officials, Reasoning Style, and Controversies

3. Criminal Law: Taking the Middle

Road

4. Economics: The Malaysian State, Darul Arqam, and the Islamic Party of Malaysia

5. Pro-Sharia Discourses: Race, Religion, and Nation

6. Contra-Sharia Discourses: Islamic and Secular Human Rights

7. Individuals: Views, Voices, and Practices

Conclusion: Sharia Cultural Models and Sociopolitical

Projects

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

About the author

Timothy P. Daniels is professor of anthropology at Hofstra University. He is the author of Islamic Spectrum in Java and Building Cultural Nationalism in Malaysia, and editor of Performance, Popular Culture, and Piety in Muslim Southeast Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy P Daniels, Timothy P. Daniels
• Assisted by: Charles F Keyes (Editor), Charles F. Keyes (Editor), Vicente Rafael (Editor), Laurie J Sears (Editor), Laurie J. Sears (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780295742557
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74255-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeas; Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies; Critical Dialogues in Southeas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology