The politics of Islamic law local elites, colonial authority, and the making of the Muslim state

In [this book], Iza R. Hussin compares India, Malaya, and Egypt during the British colonial period in order to trace the making and transformation of the contemporary category of "Islamic law." She demonstrates that not only is Islamic law not the shari{u06E5}a, but that its present instit...

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Main Author: Hussin, Iza R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press 2016
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