Ebook: Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity

Since Europeans first colonized Arab lands in the 19th century, they have been pressing to have the area's indigenous laws and legal systems accord with Western models. Although most Arab states now have national codes of law that reflect Western influence, fierce internal struggles continue over how to interpret Islamic law, particularly in the areas of gender and family. From different geographical and ideological points across the contemporary Arab world, Haddad and Stowasser demonstrate the range of views on just what Islam's legal heritage in the region should be. For either law or religi.;Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Islamic Law and the Challenge of Modernity; PART ONE MODERNIZATION AND LEGAL REFORM IN THE ARAB WORLD; CHAPTER ONE CAN THE SHARI'A BE RESTORED? Wael B. Hallaq; CHAPTER TWOINSCRIBING THE ISLAMIC SHARI'A IN ARABCONSTITUTIONAL LAW Nathan J. Brown andAdel Omar Sherif; CHAPTER THREEA TYPOLOGY OF STATE MUFTIS Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen; CHAPTER FOUR A CONTEXTUAL APPROACHAPTER FOUR A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH TO IMPROVING ASYLUM LAW AND PRACTICES IN THE MIDDLE EAST Nadia Æakoob and Aimen Mir.