Questioning secularism Islam, sovereignty, and the rule of law in modern Egypt
Navigating a complex landscape between private and public domains, this book lays important groundwork for understanding the real meaning of secularism as it affects the real freedoms of a citizenry, an understanding of the utmost importance for so many countries that are now urgently facing new pol...
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Chicago
University of Chicago Press
[2012]
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| Series: | Chicago studies in practices of meaning
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: a secular or a religious state?
- The legalization of hisba in the case of Nasr Abu Zayd
- The indeterminacies of secular power: sovereignty, public order, and family
- A paradox of Islamic authority in modern Egypt
- Law's suspicion
- What is a fatwa?: authority, tradition, and the care of self
- Islamist lawyers in the Egyptian emergency state: a different language of justice?