Islam, law, and the modern state : (re)imagining liberal theory in Muslim contexts / by Arif A. Jamal.
By: Jamal, Arif A [author.].
Publisher: New York: Routledge, c2018Description: xi,149p.ISBN: 9781138205482 .Subject(s): Justice, Administration of (Islamic law) | Justice, Administration of | Islam and justice | Religion and lawDDC classification: 340.59| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Developing the concept of "justice as discourse" -- Justice as discourse in application -- Muslim contexts I : history and heritage -- Muslim contexts II : contemporary contexts -- Terms of engagement : (re)imagining religion, law, state, and society for Muslim contexts.
Within the global phenomenon of the (re)emergence of religion into issues of public debate, one of the most salient issues confronting contemporary Muslim societies is how to relate the legal and political heritage that developed in pre-modern Islamic polities to the political order of the modern states in which Muslims now live. This work seeks to develop a framework for addressing this issue. The central argument is that liberal theory, and in particular justice as discourse, can be normatively useful in Muslim contexts for relating religion, law and state. Just as Muslim contexts have developed historically, and continue to develop today, the same is the case with the requisites of liberal theory, and this may allow for liberal choices to be made in a manner that is not a renunciation of Muslim heritage.
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