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Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity
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2004
Summary
Since Europeans first colonized Arab lands in the 19th century, they have been pressing to have the area's indigenous laws and legal systems accord with Western models. Although most Arab states now have national codes of law that reflect Western influence, fierce internal struggles continue over how to interpret Islamic law, particularly in the areas of gender and family. From different geographical and ideological points across the contemporary Arab world, Haddad and Stowasser demonstrate the range of views on just what Islam's legal heritage in the region should be. For either law or religion classes, Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity provides the broad historical overview and particular cases needed to understand this contentious issue.
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Copyright year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-0-7591-0671-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7591-1571-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
265
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Islamic Law and the Challenge of Modernity No access Pages 1 - 18
CHAPTER ONE CAN THE SHARI'A BE RESTORED? Wael B. Hallaq No access
CHAPTER TWOINSCRIBING THE ISLAMIC SHARI'A IN ARABCONSTITUTIONAL LAW Nathan J. Brown andAdel Omar Sherif No access
CHAPTER THREEA TYPOLOGY OF STATE MUFTIS Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen No access
CHAPTER FOUR A CONTEXTUAL APPROACHAPTER FOUR A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH TO IMPROVING ASYLUM LAW AND PRACTICES IN THE MIDDLE EAST Nadia ¥akoob and Aimen Mir No access
CHAPTER FIVEINTERNATIONALIZING THE CONVERSATIONON WOMEN'S RIGHTS:ARAB COUNTRIESFACE THE CEDAW COMMITTEE Ann Elizabeth Mayer No access
CHAPTER SIX TAHLIL MARRIAGE IN SHARI'A, LEGALCODES, AND THE CONTEMPORARY FATWA LITERATURE Barbara Freyer Stowasser and Zeinab Abul-Magd No access
CHAPTER SEVEN EGYPTIAN FEMINISM:TRAPPED IN THE IDENTITY DEBATE Lama Abu-Odeh No access
CHAPTER EIGHT MUSLIM WOMEN AND LEGAL REFORM:THE CASE OF JORDAN AND WOMEN'SWORK Amira EI-Azhary Sonbol No access
BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 233 - 244
GLOSSARY No access Pages 245 - 250
INDEX No access Pages 251 - 260
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS No access Pages 261 - 265
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