Iza R Hussin: 1 book
The Politics of Islamic Law
Local Elites, Colonial Authority, and the Making of the Muslim State
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
In The Politics of Islamic Law, Iza Hussin compares India, Malaya, and Egypt during the British colonial period in order to trace the making and transformation of the contemporary category of ‘Islamic law.’ She demonstrates that not only is Islamic law not the shari’ah, its present institutional...
