Islam, Law and Identity

Informationen zum Autor Marinos Diamantides, Adam Gearey Klappentext Islam, Law and Identity brings together a range of Muslim and non Muslim scholars in order to focus on recent debates about the nature of sacred and secular law. Zusammenfassung Islam, Law and Identity brings together a range of Muslim and non Muslim scholars in order to focus on recent debates about the nature of sacred and secular law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: politics, theology, sovereignty; 1. Transcendence and interpretation: introductory notes on the theology of the rule of law Lior Barshack ; 2. Shari'a , faith and critical legal theory Marinos Diamantides; 3. One law against another? Reading the veil cases: the foundational reference, Shari'a and human rights Adam Gearey ; 4. The gift of ambiguity: strategising beyond the either/or of secularism and religion in Islamic divorce law Hassan El Menyawi ; 5. What is Islamic law? A praxological answer and an Egyptian case study Baudouin Dupret ; 6. State of equalities: law, marriage and citizenship in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Satyel Larson ; 7. Entreprenuers and morals Gül Berna Özcan ; 8. Religion, politics and the dilemma of national identity in Pakistan Tasneem Kausar ; 9. Theorizing Islam without the state: Islamic discourses on the minority status of Muslims in the West Alexandre Caeiro ; 10. Terror in the faculty lounge: addressing the politics of fear and the politics of difference in government security policies K.E. Brown

Product details

• Authors: Marinos (Birkbeck University Diamantides, Marinos Gearey Diamantides
• Assisted by: Marinos Diamantides (Editor), Diamantides Marinos (Editor), Adam Gearey (Editor), Gearey Adam (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2013
• EAN: 9780415821520
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82152-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Islam, Sociology, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, LAW / Comparative, RELIGION / Islam / Law, Middle East, Religion: general, Islamic Law, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Social Law, Systems of law: Islamic law, Social law and Medical law