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This book underlines the mutability of Islamic law and attempts to relate its substantive and institutional varieties and transformations to social, political, economic and other historical circumstances. The studies in the book range from discussion of the received wisdom in Islamic law to studies of legal institutions and the theoretical means employed by Islamic law for the accommodation of changing historical circumstances.First published in 1988

Analyzes attitudes to people with various disabilities based on Muslim jurists' works (fiqh) in the Middle Ages and the modern era. This book focuses on people with disabilities and depicts the place and status that Islamic law has assigned to them, as well as how the law envisions their participation in religious, social, and communal life

Introduction The enforcement of Islamic law in Indonesia has experienced ups and downs along with the political laws imposed by state power. Even behind all that, is rooted in the socio-cultural forces that interact in the political decision-making process. Nevertheless, Islamic law has progressed continuously. both through political infrastructure and political superstructure with the support of the socio-cultural force. Keywords: Islamic Law, Indonesia

"This critically-acclaimed treatise provides both newcomers and experts with clear, accessible, and comprehensive materials and critical comparative analyses for the study of Islamic Law. It embraces the entire history, religion, and law of Islam, both Sunni and Shī'a, and covers all pertinent fields: banking and finance, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, family law, inheritance, international law, and property. The book includes a user-friendly Glossary of Arabic terms, in English, with diacritical marks to assist in pronunciation. Balanced, logically organized, and well-written, the text can be used without supplementation in a one-semester Islamic Law course, and it has been used in law schools and graduate programs around the world and in programs for United States Special Operations Forces. Every chapter is thoroughly updated to incorporate recent developments and scholarship, with new chapters on the Constitution of Iran, the Taliban, and the Afghanistan War"--

This volume represents a unique survey of the extent to which Islamic law is in fact applied in those parts of East and West Africa which were at one time under British administration. It examines the relevant legislation and case law, much of which has never appeared in any Law Reports; the judges and courts which apply it and the problems to which its application give rise

part PART I GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -- chapter 1 Islam and the Modem Law of Nations -- chapter 2 Siyar-ization and Its Discontents: International Law and Islam's Constitutional Crisis -- chapter 3 The Role of Islamic Law in the Contemporary World Order -- chapter 4 Islam and International Law: Toward a Positive Mutual Engagement to Realize Shared Ideals -- chapter 5 Islam and International Law -- part PART II INTERNATIONAL USE OF FORCE -- chapter 6 Views of Jihad Throughout History -- chapter 7 The Islamic Perception of the Use of Force in the Contemporary World -- chapter 8 Is There an Islamic Ethic of Humanitarian Intervention? -- part PART III INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW -- chapter 9 As-Salamu 'Alaykum? Humanitarian Law in Islamic Jurisprudence -- chapter 10 Islam and International Humanitarian Law: From a Clash to a Conversation between Civilizations -- part PART IV INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM -- chapter 11 Is Osama bin Laden's "Fatwa Urging Jihad Against Americans" dated 23 February 1998 Justified by Islamic Law? -- chapter 12 Violence, September 11 and the Interpretations of Islam -- part PART V INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF DIPLOMATS -- chapter 13 Protection of Diplomats under Islamic Law -- part PART VI INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER LAW -- chapter 14 Islam and Environmental Ethics: Tradition Responds to Contemporary Challenges -- chapter 15 Can there be Confluence? A Comparative Consideration of Western and Islamic Fresh Water Law -- part PART VII UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- chapter 16 Islamic Law/Shari'a, Human Rights, Universal Morality and International Relations -- chapter 17 Muslim Voices in the Human Rights Debate -- chapter 18 A New Perspective on the Universality Debate: Reverse Moderate Relativism in the Islamic Context -- chapter 19 Islam and Human Rights: Beyond the Universality Debate -- part PART VIII WOMEN'S RIGHTS -- chapter 20 Women's Rights in the Muslim World: Reform or Reconstruction? -- chapter 21 Women's Human Rights in Islam: Towards a Theoretical Framework -- chapter 22 Women's Human Rights in the Koran: An Interpretive Approach -- part PART IX RIGHTS OF THE CHILD -- chapter 23 The Impact of Islamic Law on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Plight of non-Marital Children under Shari'a -- chapter 24 Religious Legal Traditions, Muslim States and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: An Essay on the Relevant UN Documentation -- part PART X RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES -- chapter 25 Accommodating Religious Identities in an Islamic State: International Law, Freedom of Religion and the Rights of Religious Minorities -- chapter 26 Non-Muslims in the Islamic State: Majority Rule and Minority Rights -- part PART XI STATE PRACTICE -- chapter 27 The Search for Human Rights Within an Islamic Framework in Iran -- chapter 28 A Macroscopic Analysis of the Practice of Muslim State Parties to International Human Rights Treaties: Conflict or Congruence?.