Sharia Transformations Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary

Few symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as sharia--an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways...

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Author / Creator: Peletz, Michael G. (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
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