In the Shadow of Shari'ah: Islam, Islamic Law and Democracy in Pakistan by Nelson, Matthew J.

In the Shadow of Shari'ah: Islam, Islamic Law and Democracy in Pakistan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781850659266)

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In the Shadow of Shari'ah: Islam, Islamic Law and Democracy in Pakistan by Nelson, Matthew J.

In the Shadow of Shari'ah: Islam, Islamic Law and Democracy in Pakistan

$80.50
In the Shadow of Shari'ah: Islam, Islamic Law and Democracy in Pakistan by Nelson, Matthew J.

In the Shadow of Shari'ah: Islam, Islamic Law and Democracy in Pakistan

$80.50
Format: Hardcover
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Recent events in Pakistan, and more widely in the Islamic world, have sparked an unprecedented level of interest in the relationship between Islam and democracy. Studies of Islamic law (Shari'ah) lie at the heart of this trend, but carefully researched studies of Islamic law as it actually unfolds "on the ground" remain extremely rare. This book promises to fill that gap, using a detailed study of Islamic laws in Pakistan to show exactly how the relationship between Islam, Islamic law and democracy is understood and, potentially, transformed in different cultural contexts. In the Shadow of Shari'ah reveals that Islam are neither compatible nor incompatible in any permanent or specific sense; they simply become more or less compatible owing to the historically embedded choices of individual Muslims regarding specific approaches to the law.

Author: Matthew J. Nelson
ISBN-10: 1850659265
ISBN-13: 9781850659266
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Language: English
Published: 06/22/2009
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.80w x 1.02d
By Matthew J. Nelson
By Matthew J. Nelson
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Matthew J. Nelson is Lecturer in the Politics of South Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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