Questioning secularism : Islam, sovereignty, and the rule of law in modern Egypt / Hussein Ali Agrama.
By: Agrama, Hussein Ali.
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TextSeries: Chicago studies in practices of meaning.Description: xiii, 281 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780226010687 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226010686 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226010694 (pbk. : alkaline paper); 0226010694 (pbk. : alkaline paper).Subject(s): Abū Zayd, Naṣr Ḥāmid -- Trials, litigation, etc | Rule of law -- Egypt | Islamic law -- Egypt | Islam and state -- Egypt | Fatwas -- EgyptDDC classification: 340.590962
Contents:
The legalization of hisba in the case of Nasr Abu Zayd -- The indeterminacies of secular power : sovereignty, public order, and family -- A paradox of Islamic authority in modern Egypt -- Law's suspicion -- What is a fatwa? : authority, tradition, and the care of self -- Islamist lawyers in the Egyptian emergency state : a different language of justice?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The legalization of hisba in the case of Nasr Abu Zayd -- The indeterminacies of secular power : sovereignty, public order, and family -- A paradox of Islamic authority in modern Egypt -- Law's suspicion -- What is a fatwa? : authority, tradition, and the care of self -- Islamist lawyers in the Egyptian emergency state : a different language of justice?
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