Shari'a Law and Modern Muslim Ethics (2016)
Contents: 1 Sharìa Law and the Quest for a Modern Muslim Ethics -- Section I: Sharìa Pluralities -- 2 Sharìa and the Rule of Law -- 3 Moral Contestations and Patriarchal Ethics: Women Challenging the Justice of Muslim Family Laws -- 4 Gender, Legality, and Public Ethics in Morocco -- Section II: Islamic Law and the State -- 5 Constitutionalizing a Democratic Muslim State without Sharìa: The Religious Establishment in the Tunisian 2014 Constitution -- 6 Transformations in Muslim Views about "Forbidding Wrong": The Rise and Fall of Islamist Litigation in Egypt -- 7 Sharìa, Islamic Ethics, and Democracy: The Crisis of the "Turkish Model" -- 8 Islamic Modernism, Ethics, and Sharìa in Pakistan -- Section III: New Ethical Imbrications -- 9 "Sharìa" as a Moving Target? The Reconfiguration of Regional and National Fields of Muslim Debate in Mali -- 10 Syariah, Inc.: Continuities, Transformations, and Cultural Politics in Malaysia's Islamic Judiciary -- 11 Islamic Ethics and Muslim Feminism in Indonesia -- Contributors -- Index.
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