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 | In the Shadow of Shari'ah: Islam, Islamic Law, and Democracy in Pakistan (Columbia/Hurst) |
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In the Shadow of Shari'ah sets out to prove that Islam and the democratic ethos are neither compatible nor incompatible in any permanent or specific sense. Rather, the two work more or less in concert in relation to the historically embedded choices of individual Muslims and their specific approaches to Islamic law.
Studies of shari'ah, or Islamic law, are at the heart of several important debates, yet carefully researched scholarship on the terms of Islamic law is rare. Matthew J. Nelson launches a historically embedded analysis of shari'ah in Pakistan's largest and most influential province, Punjab, to highlight the relationships among Islam, Islamic law, and democracy and the ways in which different cultural and historical contexts transform each entity. Nelson begins with colonial and postcolonial efforts to introduce shari'ah into an environment tied to "tribal" custom. He then examines the way in which electoral accountability came to privilege those who could simultaneously sustain Islamic law "in theory" and customary law "in practice." Drawing attention to the interaction of formal and informal legal and political institutions over time, Nelson argues that a deeper understanding of the relationship between Islam and democracy requires a more sophisticated appreciation of the complex legal strategies adopted by individual Muslims.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #2617524 in Books
- Published on: 2011-06-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .1 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 288 pages
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This is an outstanding book. It is, amongst other things, about land, law, and power in the Punjab from the mid-nineteenth century to the present; about how Muslims might vote for shari'ah law but prefer customary law in practice; and about how power works at the local level in Pakistan. It is deeply thoughtful on the relationship among Islam, Islamic law, and democracy and no less thoughtful on a scholarly approach to these subjects. In the Shadow of Shari'ah will be read with admiration by scholars of Pakistan and also of the wider Muslim world for decades to come.
(Francis Robinson, professor of the history of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of London, and Sultan of Oman Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies )
About the Author
Matthew J. Nelson teaches in the Department of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
This is an outstanding book. It is, amongst other things, about land, law, and power in the Punjab from the mid-nineteenth century to the present; about how Muslims might vote for shari'ah law but prefer customary law in practice; and about how power works at the local level in Pakistan. It is deeply thoughtful on the relationship among Islam, Islamic law, and democracy and no less thoughtful on a scholarly approach to these subjects. In the Shadow of Shari'ah will be read with admiration by scholars of Pakistan and also of the wider Muslim world for decades to come.
(Francis Robinson, professor of the history of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of London, and Sultan of Oman Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies )
About the Author
Matthew J. Nelson teaches in the Department of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
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