The Sociology of Shari’a Case Studies from Around the World
This edited collection focuses on the comparative analysis of the application of Shari’a in countries with Muslim minorities (e.g. USA, Australia, Germany and Italy) and majorities (e.g. Malaysia, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Morocco). Most chapters in this new edition have been revised and the book as a...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1.Legal Pluralism and Shari’a
- Part 1: Case Studies from Muslim Majority Countries
- 2.One State, Three Legal Systems: Negotiating justice in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious Malaysia
- 3.Modern Law, Traditional “Salish” and Civil Society Activism in Bangladesh
- 4.Semi-official Turkish Muslim Legal Pluralism: Encounters Between Secular Official Law and Unofficial Shari’a
- 5. Legal Pragmatism in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Roots and Challenges
- 6. Equivocal Attitudes to Religion in Moroccan Law and Society
- Part 2: Case Studies from Muslim Minority Countries
- 7.Social Diversity and Legal Regulation: The Case of Singapore
- 8.Shari’a Courts in the Philippines: Women, Men and Muslim Personal Laws
- 9.Shari’a and Muslim Women’s Agency in a Multicultural Context: Recent Changes in Sports Culture
- 10.Shari’a Law in Catholic Italy: A non-agnostic model of accommodation
- 11.Trial and Error in Affiliation –Muslims and Shari’a in Germany
- 12.Between the Sacred and the Secular: Living Islam in China
- 13.The Case of the Recognition of Muslim Personal Law in South Africa: Colonialism, Apartheid and Constitutional Democracy
- 14.The Politics of Religion and Culture: Analysing the role of ‘cultural experts’ and the rise of ‘Islamic legal services’ in the UK
- 15.France, Laïcité, and Islam: Where Ignorant Armies Clash by Night
- Part 3: Theoretical and Comparative Considerations
- 16.The Mutable Meanings of Sharia: From “Path” to Politics
- 17.The constitutionalisation of Shari’a: Comparing Indonesia, Tunisia and Egypt
- 18.Contradictions, Conflicts, Dilemmas and Temporary Resolutions: A Sociology of Law Analysis of Shari’a in Selected Western Countries
- 19.Shari’a and Multiple Modernities in Western Countries:Toward a Multi-Faith Pragmatic Modern Approach Rather Than a Legal Pluralist One?
- Conclusion
- 20.The Future of Legal Pluralism