Islam, Law and the Modern State

(Re)imagining Liberal Theory in Muslim Contexts

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Comparative, Jurisprudence, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam
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Author: Arif A. Jamal ISBN: 9781315466798
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: March 14, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Arif A. Jamal
ISBN: 9781315466798
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: March 14, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Within the global phenomenon of the (re)emergence of religion into issues of public debate, one of the most salient issues confronting contemporary Muslim societies is how to relate the legal and political heritage that developed in pre-modern Islamic polities to the political order of the modern states in which Muslims now live. This work seeks to develop a framework for addressing this issue. The central argument is that liberal theory, and in particular justice as discourse, can be normatively useful in Muslim contexts for relating religion, law and state. Just as Muslim contexts have developed historically, and continue to develop today, the same is the case with the requisites of liberal theory, and this may allow for liberal choices to be made in a manner that is not a renunciation of Muslim heritage.

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Within the global phenomenon of the (re)emergence of religion into issues of public debate, one of the most salient issues confronting contemporary Muslim societies is how to relate the legal and political heritage that developed in pre-modern Islamic polities to the political order of the modern states in which Muslims now live. This work seeks to develop a framework for addressing this issue. The central argument is that liberal theory, and in particular justice as discourse, can be normatively useful in Muslim contexts for relating religion, law and state. Just as Muslim contexts have developed historically, and continue to develop today, the same is the case with the requisites of liberal theory, and this may allow for liberal choices to be made in a manner that is not a renunciation of Muslim heritage.

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