Sharia transformations : cultural politics and the rebranding of an Islamic judiciary / Michael G. Peletz.
"Few symbols in today's world are as laden and fraught as "sharia"-an Arabic-origin term referring to the straight path, the path God revealed for humans, the norms and rules guiding Muslims on that path, and Islamic law and normativity as enshrined in sacred texts or formal statute. Yet the ways in...
Main Author: | Peletz, Michael G. (Author) |
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Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2020]
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Physical Description: | xxi, 283 pages ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |