Sharia and the making of the modern Egyptian : Islamic law and custom in the courts of Ottoman Cairo / Reem A. Meshal.

Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.

DT95.8 .M475 2014

9789774166174
9774166175

xi, 290 pages ; 24 cm

(OCoLC)837146591

"In this new study, the author examines sijills, the official documents of the Ottoman Islamic courts, to understand how sharia law, society, and the early-modern economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Ottoman Cairo related to the practice of custom in determining rulings. In the sixteenth century, a new legal and cultural orthodoxy fostered the development of an early-modern Islam that broke new ground, giving rise to a new concept of citizens and their role. Contrary to the prevailing scholarly view, this work adopts the position that local custom began to diminish and decline as a source of authority. These issues resonate today, several centuries later, in the continuing discussions of individual rights in relation to Islamic law"--Unedited summary from book jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index.

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