Law And Power in the Islamic World - Hardcover

Zubaida, Sami

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9781860648656: Law And Power in the Islamic World

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ISBN 10: 1860648657 ISBN 13: 9781860648656

Publisher: I. B. Tauris, 2003

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This book is an original contribution to the debates surrounding Islam and ideas of modernity. Starting from modern concerns, it examines the origins and evolution of the Shari’a (Islamic law), and the corpus of texts, concepts and practices in which it has been enshrined. Sami Zubaida considers key historical episodes of political accommodations and contests between scholars and sultans. Drawing on modern examples, mainly from Egypt and Iran, Zubaida explores how the Shari'a has evolved and mutated to accommodate the workings of a modern state by examining the reforms of the 19th and 20th centuries and the politics of the contemporary world.

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About the Author:

Sami Zubaida is Reader of Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Review:

"A detailed and scholarly examination of Islamic Law" -The Bookseller, 3rd January 2003 "...An able study, with a clear structure and flowing style, and makes a fine addition to the growing literature on political Islam". -Necati Polat, Journal of International Affairs "Sami Zubaida presents a more detailed and scholarly examination of the subject." - The Bestseller

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