Islam, law and identity / / edited by Marinos Diamantidis and Adam Gearey

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.5/9; 340.59
• Soggetto topico: Islamic law - Philosophy; Islamic law - Political aspects; Islamic law
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DiamantidisMarinos GeareyAdam
• Note generali: "A GlassHouse book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Islam, Law and Identity; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction Politics, theology, sovereignty; Chapter 1Transcendence and interpretation introductory notes on the theology of the rule of law; Chapter 2Shari'a, faith and critical legal theory; Chapter 3One law against another? Reading the veil cases: the foundational reference, Shari'a and human rights; Chapter 4The gift of ambiguity: strategising beyond the either/or of secularism and religion in Islamic divorce law; Chapter 5What is Islamic law? A praxiological answer and an Egyptian case study ; Chapter 6State of equalities: law, marriage and citizenship in the Islamic Republic of MauritaniaChapter 7Entrepreneurs and morals; Chapter 8Religion, politics and the dilemma of national identity in Pakistan; Chapter 9Theorizing Islam without the state: Islamic discourses on the minority status of Muslims in the West; Chapter 10Terror in the faculty lounge: addressing the politics of fear and the politics of difference in government security policies; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The essays brought together in Islam, Law and Identity are the product of a series of interdisciplinary workshops that brought together scholars from a plethora of countries.? Funded by the British Academy the workshops convened over a period of two years in London, Cairo and Izmir. The workshops and the ensuing papers focus on recent debates about the nature of sacred and secular law and most engage case studies from specific countries including Egypt, Israel, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Pakistan and the UK. Islam, Law and Identity also addresses broader and over-arching concerns about relatio
• Titolo autorizzato: Islam, law and identity
• ISBN: 1-283-46055-6; 9786613460554; 1-136-67565-5; 0-203-80948-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461536703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II