Description
Book SynopsisSharia Law in the Twenty-First Century consists of concise, detailed analytical studies on current critical discussions of Sharia in the Western and Muslim legal traditions. Contributors to this volume are well-known academics in their fields and have been at the forefront of critical studies on various aspects of Islamic law. Breaking new ground for understanding the dynamics of law and society, most contributors in this volume have influenced current academic discourse on Sharia. The chapters contained within this volume find that globalism and Sharia have been posing challenges to one another. These respective challenges are studied from the perspectives of theory, history and the diverse contexts in which Sharia developed during the twenty-first century. The approach in this book is overall contextual with reference to time and place. For accessibility, unlike other books on Islamic law, Sharia Law in the Twenty-First Century has minimal footnotes and reduced diacritical marks, but offers an essential glossary in an appendix.
Table of ContentsAbout the Editors; About the Contributors; Introduction; Theoretical Perspectives: Contesting Sharia in Postcolonial and Geopolitical Contexts (Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im); Between Separation and Unity: The Interplay of Law and Morality in Islamic Jurisprudence (Mohammad Hashim Kamali); Sharia and the Capabilities of the Soul in Mulla Sadra's Early Thought (Rula Jurdi Abisaab); Islamic and Christian Theology in Legal Hermeneutics: In Search of a Theology of Law (Julio César Muñiz Pérez); Historical Perspectives: Legal Authority and Interpretation in Islamic Law (Knut S Vikør); Fiqh and Legislation in the Middle East and Africa (Delfina Serrano-Ruano); The Politics of Torture (Kathleen A Cavanaugh); The Islamic Institutions: Role and Application (Hana Jalloul Muro); Contextual Perspectives: The Moroccan Family Law between Tradition and Modernity (Mohammad Dahiri); The Place of Religious Law in Western Societies (Mathias Rohe); God as Sovereign; Sovereign as God: An Archaeology of the Iranian Constitution (Fatemeh Sadeghi); Private Inequality and Public Religion: A Comment on Shayara Bano, India's Triple Talaq Decision (Vrinda Narain); Constitutionalism and Sharia in Pakistan: A Debate on the National Narrative and the Identity of the State (Ana Ballesteros Peiró); Learning from the Sharia Debates (Muhammad Khalid Masud); Glossary; Index;
