Living sharia : law and practice in Malaysia / Timothy P. Daniels.

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]

KPG469.5 .D36 2017

Mal 320 D228 2017

9780295742540 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0295742542 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780295742557 paperback ; alkaline paper
0295742550 paperback ; alkaline paper
9780295742564 ebook
0295742569 ebook

xiv, 266 pages ; 24 cm.

(OCoLC)973733264

"Examines the sociopolitical roles that sharia plays in Malaysia today. Drawing on fieldwork and textual research, it probes the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics, and delineates cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among Muslims and non-Muslims. These include the views of Malay secular nationalists, political Islamic activists, Muslim feminists, Islamic NGOs, Sufi revivalists, liberal Muslim reformers, opposition party leaders, a non-Muslim social democratic political party, and liberal rights organizations. This thoughtful ethnography demonstrates that the way people think about sharia is often entangled with notions about race, gender equality, nation, liberal pluralism, citizenship, and universal human rights. Close investigation of the way diverse members of Malaysian society speak, write, and think about sharia reveals that ideas about sharia are not isolated from or always opposed to liberal pluralism and secularism. Intra-Muslim contests as well as Muslim and non-Muslim skirmishes chronicle revealing faultlines and suggest areas of potential compromise"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online version: Daniels, Timothy P., 1960- Living Sharia. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017] 9780295742564 (DLC) 2017008658

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