Author: Farrah Ahmed
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509920754
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"The question of whether liberal states such as the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Australia should recognise sharia family law processes has attracted increasing debate and controversy in recent years. While the reasons for opposition to sharia processes are complex, they often feature the concern that sharia processes disadvantage Muslim women. However, to date there has been inadequate attention to the experiences of participants in sharia processes. The book will address two key questions namely; how liberal legal systems like Australia's should respond to sharia processes, and more specifically; how it can best respond to the needs of Muslim women who use these processes. In doing so, this book offers unique evidence to inform future policy developments in Australia that will also have implications for other liberal jurisdictions. In this way, this book makes a significant contribution to the international discussion and response to sharia processes"--
Understanding Sharia Processes
Author: Farrah Ahmed
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509920754
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"The question of whether liberal states such as the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Australia should recognise sharia family law processes has attracted increasing debate and controversy in recent years. While the reasons for opposition to sharia processes are complex, they often feature the concern that sharia processes disadvantage Muslim women. However, to date there has been inadequate attention to the experiences of participants in sharia processes. The book will address two key questions namely; how liberal legal systems like Australia's should respond to sharia processes, and more specifically; how it can best respond to the needs of Muslim women who use these processes. In doing so, this book offers unique evidence to inform future policy developments in Australia that will also have implications for other liberal jurisdictions. In this way, this book makes a significant contribution to the international discussion and response to sharia processes"--
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509920754
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"The question of whether liberal states such as the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Australia should recognise sharia family law processes has attracted increasing debate and controversy in recent years. While the reasons for opposition to sharia processes are complex, they often feature the concern that sharia processes disadvantage Muslim women. However, to date there has been inadequate attention to the experiences of participants in sharia processes. The book will address two key questions namely; how liberal legal systems like Australia's should respond to sharia processes, and more specifically; how it can best respond to the needs of Muslim women who use these processes. In doing so, this book offers unique evidence to inform future policy developments in Australia that will also have implications for other liberal jurisdictions. In this way, this book makes a significant contribution to the international discussion and response to sharia processes"--
Understanding Sharia
Author: Raficq S. Abdulla
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786724057
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Sharia has been a source of misunderstanding and misconception in both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds. Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World sets out to explore the reality of sharia, contextualising its development in the early centuries of Islam and showing how it evolved in line with historical and social circumstances. The authors, Raficq S. Abdulla and Mohamed M. Keshavjee, both British-trained lawyers, argue that sharia and the positive law flowing from it, known as fiqh, have never been an exclusive legal system or a fixed set of beliefs.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786724057
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Sharia has been a source of misunderstanding and misconception in both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds. Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World sets out to explore the reality of sharia, contextualising its development in the early centuries of Islam and showing how it evolved in line with historical and social circumstances. The authors, Raficq S. Abdulla and Mohamed M. Keshavjee, both British-trained lawyers, argue that sharia and the positive law flowing from it, known as fiqh, have never been an exclusive legal system or a fixed set of beliefs.
Modern Challenges to Islamic Law
Author: Shaheen Sardar Ali
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033381
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This book offers unique insights into Islamic law, considering its theoretical perspectives alongside its practical application in daily Muslim life.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033381
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
This book offers unique insights into Islamic law, considering its theoretical perspectives alongside its practical application in daily Muslim life.
Living Sharia
Author: Timothy P. Daniels
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295742569
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics to provide cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among Muslims and non-Muslims. Timothy Daniels explores how the way people think about sharia is often entangled with notions about race, gender equality, nationhood, liberal pluralism, citizenship, and universal human rights. He reveals that Malaysians’ ideas about sharia are not isolated from—nor always opposed to—liberal pluralism and secularism. Living Sharia will be of interest to scholars as well as to policy makers, consultants, and professionals working with global NGOs.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295742569
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics to provide cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among Muslims and non-Muslims. Timothy Daniels explores how the way people think about sharia is often entangled with notions about race, gender equality, nationhood, liberal pluralism, citizenship, and universal human rights. He reveals that Malaysians’ ideas about sharia are not isolated from—nor always opposed to—liberal pluralism and secularism. Living Sharia will be of interest to scholars as well as to policy makers, consultants, and professionals working with global NGOs.
A Geo-Legal Approach to the English Sharia Courts
Author: Anna Marotta
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004473092
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A study on the Islamic ADR institutions in England through the lens of Comparative Law and Geopolitics.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004473092
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A study on the Islamic ADR institutions in England through the lens of Comparative Law and Geopolitics.
Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Author: Mohamed M. Keshavjee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857733796
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The meanings and contexts of Shari'a are the subject of both curiosity and misunderstanding by non-Muslims. Shari'a is sometimes crudely characterised by outsiders as a punitive legal system operating broadly outside, and separate from, national laws and customs. This groundbreaking book shows that Shari'a and its 'fiqh' (laws set forward by various Islamic legal schools) comprise a far more nuanced matrix of interpretations than is often assumed to be the case. Far from being monolithic or impervious to change from without, Muslim legal tradition has - since its beginnings in the early Islamic period - placed an emphasis on equity and non-adversarial conflict-resolution. Mohamed Keshavjee examines both Sunni and Shi'a applications of Islamic law, demonstrating how political, cultural and other factors have influenced the practice of fiqh and Shari'a in the West. Exploring in particular the modern development of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), the author shows that this process can revitalise some of the essential principles that underlie Muslim teachings and jurispudence, delivering not only formal remedies but also perceived justice, even to non-Muslims.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857733796
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The meanings and contexts of Shari'a are the subject of both curiosity and misunderstanding by non-Muslims. Shari'a is sometimes crudely characterised by outsiders as a punitive legal system operating broadly outside, and separate from, national laws and customs. This groundbreaking book shows that Shari'a and its 'fiqh' (laws set forward by various Islamic legal schools) comprise a far more nuanced matrix of interpretations than is often assumed to be the case. Far from being monolithic or impervious to change from without, Muslim legal tradition has - since its beginnings in the early Islamic period - placed an emphasis on equity and non-adversarial conflict-resolution. Mohamed Keshavjee examines both Sunni and Shi'a applications of Islamic law, demonstrating how political, cultural and other factors have influenced the practice of fiqh and Shari'a in the West. Exploring in particular the modern development of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), the author shows that this process can revitalise some of the essential principles that underlie Muslim teachings and jurispudence, delivering not only formal remedies but also perceived justice, even to non-Muslims.
Sharia Dynamics
Author: Timothy P. Daniels
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331945692X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This multidisciplinary volume explores the role of Islamic law within the dynamic processes of postcolonial transformation, nation building, and social reform. Here, eleven international scholars examine Islamic law in several contemporary sociopolitical contexts, focusing specifically on Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, China, Tunisia, Nigeria, the United States, and the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The contributors also address the entanglement of Islamic law and ethics with the history of Muslim religious discourses, shifts toward modernity, gender relations, and efforts to construct exclusive or plural national communities. Sharia Dynamics, at once enchanting and enlightening, is a must-read for scholars of contemporary Islam.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 331945692X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This multidisciplinary volume explores the role of Islamic law within the dynamic processes of postcolonial transformation, nation building, and social reform. Here, eleven international scholars examine Islamic law in several contemporary sociopolitical contexts, focusing specifically on Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, China, Tunisia, Nigeria, the United States, and the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The contributors also address the entanglement of Islamic law and ethics with the history of Muslim religious discourses, shifts toward modernity, gender relations, and efforts to construct exclusive or plural national communities. Sharia Dynamics, at once enchanting and enlightening, is a must-read for scholars of contemporary Islam.
The Politics of Shari'a Law
Author: Michael Buehler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107130220
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
An original and timely exploration of the continuing Islamization of Indonesian politics despite the electoral decline of Islamist parties.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107130220
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
An original and timely exploration of the continuing Islamization of Indonesian politics despite the electoral decline of Islamist parties.
Sharia Compliant
Author: Rumee Ahmed
Publisher: Encountering Traditions
ISBN: 9780804794015
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book covers the ins and outs of Islamic legal change and provides readers with step-by-step instructions for shaping the future of Islamic law.
Publisher: Encountering Traditions
ISBN: 9780804794015
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book covers the ins and outs of Islamic legal change and provides readers with step-by-step instructions for shaping the future of Islamic law.
The Beginnings of Islamic Law
Author: Lena Salaymeh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107133025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This is a major and innovative contribution to our understanding of the historical unfolding of Islamic law. Scrutinizing its historical contexts, Salaymeh proposes that Islamic law is a continuous intermingling of innovation and tradition. The book's interdisciplinary approach provides accessible explanations and translations of complex materials and ideas.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107133025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This is a major and innovative contribution to our understanding of the historical unfolding of Islamic law. Scrutinizing its historical contexts, Salaymeh proposes that Islamic law is a continuous intermingling of innovation and tradition. The book's interdisciplinary approach provides accessible explanations and translations of complex materials and ideas.