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Ibn Al Arabi, the mystic scholar of the thirteenth century, highlights the ambiguities of language and the polysemantic, multifaceted text of the Quran. With Al Arabi's help Winkel expounds how narrowly religion is interpreted by most scholars. Al Arabi disturbs the comfort of man-made religion by his reflections on language, and Winkel's book takes up the same challenge. This book is intended for scholars interested in ancient Islamic law and language.
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Abū Ḥanīfah, d. 767 or 8; thoughts; Islamic law.

• Introduction
• Part I: The Basics and Foundations of Shariah:
• 1. Shariah in a Nutshell
• 2. Muhammad and the Birth of Islam
• 3. The Qur'an: The Primary Source of Shariah
• 4. The Sunna: The Second Source of Shariah
• 5. Sunni, Shiʻa, and Others
• Part II: The Story of Shariah:
• 6. What Shariah Is and How It Works
• 7. Religious Minorities within the Shariah System
• 8. Shattering a Millennium and Disrupting a Civilization
• 9. Shariah in the Postcolonial Muslim-Majority Countries
• 10. The Scary Stuff: Punishments
• 11. Shariah in Everyday Life
• 12. The Disinformation Campaign and Shariah in America
• Part III: Recognizing the Problem:
• 13. Islamophobia and Why We Have the Stereotypes
• Conclusion

A direct counterpoint to fear mongering headlines about shariah law—a Muslim American legal expert tells the real story, eliminating stereotypes and assumptions with compassion, irony, and humor. Through scare tactics and deliberate misinformation campaigns, anti-Muslim propagandists insist wrongly that shariah is a draconian and oppressive Islamic law that all Muslims must abide by. They circulate horror stories, encouraging Americans to fear the “takeover of shariah” law in America and even mounting “anti-shariah protests” . . . . with zero evidence that shariah has taken over any part of our country. (That’s because it hasn’t.) It would be almost funny if it weren’t so terrifyingly wrong—as puzzling as if Americans suddenly began protesting the Martian occupation of Earth. Demystifying Shariah explains that shariah is not one set of punitive rules or even law the way we think of law—rigid and enforceable—but religious rules and recommendations that provide Muslims with guidance in various aspects of life. Sumbul Ali-Karamali draws on scholarship and her degree in Islamic law to explain shariah in an accessible, engaging narrative style—its various meanings, how it developed, and how the shariah-based legal system operated for over a thousand years. She explains what shariah means not only in the abstract but in the daily lives of Muslims. She discusses modern calls for shariah, what they mean, and whether shariah is the law of the land anywhere in the world. She also describes the key lies and misunderstandings about shariah circulating in our public discourse, and why so many of them are nonsensical. This engaging guide is intended to introduce you to the basic principles, goals, and general development of shariah and to answer questions like: How do Muslims engage with shariah? What does shariah have to do with our Constitution? What does shariah have to do with the way the world looks like today? And why do we all—Muslims or not—need to care?

• Introduction
• Part I: The Basics and Foundations of Shariah:
• 1. Shariah in a Nutshell
• 2. Muhammad and the Birth of Islam
• 3. The Qur'an: The Primary Source of Shariah
• 4. The Sunna: The Second Source of Shariah
• 5. Sunni, Shiʻa, and Others
• Part II: The Story of Shariah:
• 6. What Shariah Is and How It Works
• 7. Religious Minorities within the Shariah System
• 8. Shattering a Millennium and Disrupting a Civilization
• 9. Shariah in the Post-Colonial World
• 10. The Scary Stuff: Punishments
• 11. Shariah in Everyday Life
• 12. The Disinformation Campaign and Shariah in America
• Part III: Recognizing the Problem:
• 13. Islamophobia and Why We Have the Stereotypes
• 14. Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• Notes
• Index.

A direct counterpoint to fear mongering headlines about shariah law—a Muslim American legal expert tells the real story, eliminating stereotypes and assumptions with compassion, irony, and humor. Through scare tactics and deliberate misinformation campaigns, anti-Muslim propagandists insist wrongly that shariah is a draconian and oppressive Islamic law that all Muslims must abide by. They circulate horror stories, encouraging Americans to fear the “takeover of shariah” law in America and even mounting “anti-shariah protests” . . . . with zero evidence that shariah has taken over any part of our country. (That’s because it hasn’t.) It would be almost funny if it weren’t so terrifyingly wrong—as puzzling as if Americans suddenly began protesting the Martian occupation of Earth. Demystifying Shariah explains that shariah is not one set of punitive rules or even law the way we think of law—rigid and enforceable—but religious rules and recommendations that provide Muslims with guidance in various aspects of life. Sumbul Ali-Karamali draws on scholarship and her degree in Islamic law to explain shariah in an accessible, engaging narrative style—its various meanings, how it developed, and how the shariah-based legal system operated for over a thousand years. She explains what shariah means not only in the abstract but in the daily lives of Muslims. She discusses modern calls for shariah, what they mean, and whether shariah is the law of the land anywhere in the world. She also describes the key lies and misunderstandings about shariah circulating in our public discourse, and why so many of them are nonsensical. This engaging guide is intended to introduce you to the basic principles, goals, and general development of shariah and to answer questions like: How do Muslims engage with shariah? What does shariah have to do with our Constitution? What does shariah have to do with the way the world looks like today? And why do we all—Muslims or not—need to care?

• Preface
• Introduction: Classical Islamic law
• Islamic family law
• Inheritance law
• The waqf
• Islamic finance
• Islamic criminal law
• Islamic constitutionalism
• Islamic international law and relations.

This Nutshell discusses the manner in which Islamic law is applied and adjudicated in modern states. This includes the enactment of legislation derived from Islamic law, the drafting of contracts to comply with Islamic law, and the adjudication of Islamic law disputes in courts in Muslim and non-Muslim majority nations, including the United States. Subject areas include family law, inheritance law, Islamic finance, criminal law, constitutional law, and Islamic law.
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• Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed: Editors' Introduction I. Discipline and Critique A. Islamic Legal Studies
• 1: Ayesha Chaudhry: Islamic Legal Studies: A Critical Historiography
• 2: Anver M. Emon: Fiqh
• 3: Saadia Yacoob: Islamic Law and Gender
• 4: Rumee Ahmed: Islamic Law and Theology
• 5: John R. Bowen: Anthropology and Islamic Law
• 6: Andrew F. March: Falsafa and Law Part II Legal Theory and Institutions A. Legal Theory
• 7: Anver M. Emon: Ijtihad
• 8: Robert Gleave: Imami Shi'i Legal Theory: From its Origins to the Early-Twentieth Century
• 9: Ayman Shabana: Custom in the Islamic Legal Tradition
• 10: Youcef Soufi: The Historiography of Sunni Usul al-Fiqh
• 11: Mairaj U. Syed: Ijma' B. Institutions
• 12: Mohammad Fadel: al-Qadi
• 13: Kristen Stilt and M. Safa Saracoglu: Hisba and Muhtasib
• 14: Matthieu Tillier: The Mazalim in Historiography Part III Origins, Empires, and States A. Historical Studies
• 15: Benjamin Jokisch: Origins of and Influences on Islamic law
• 16: Mariam Sheibani, Amir Toft, and Ahmed El Shamsy: The Classical Period: Scripture, Origins, and Early Development
• 17: Marion Katz: The Age of Development and Continuity, 12th-15th Centuries CE
• 18: Matthew B. Ingalls: The Historiography of Islamic Law During the Mamluk Sultanate
• 19: Haim Gerber: Law in the Ottoman Empire
• 20: M. Reza Pirbhai: A Historiography of Islamic Law in the Mughal Empire
• 21: Rula Jurdi Abisaab: Delivering Justice: The Monarch's 'Urfi Courts and the Shari'a in Safavid Iran
• 22: Syed Adnan Hussain: Anglo-Muhammadan Law
• 23: Leonard Wood: Legislation as an Instrument of Islamic Law Part IV Regional Variations A. Muslim-Majority States
• 24: Melissa Crouch: Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia
• 25: Antonia Fraser Fujinaga: Islamic Law in Post-Revolutionary Iran
• 26: Ruth A. Miller: The Turkish Republic
• 27: Jeff Redding: Islamic Law in South Asia: A Testament to Diversity B. Muslim Minorities
• 28: Natasha Bakht: The Incorporation of Shari'a in North America: Enforcing the Mahr to Combat Women's Poverty Post-Relationship Dissolution
• 29: Mathias Rohe: Islamic Law in Western Europe
• 30: Abdullah Saeed: Shari'a in Australia Part V Substantive Legal Areas A. Case Studies
• 31: Nathan J. Brown and Mara Revkin: Islamic Law and Constitutions
• 32: Shannon Dunn: Islamic Law and Human Rights
• 33: Anver M. Emon: Islamic Law and Finance
• 34: Kristen Stilt: Animals
• 35: Lynn Welchman: A Historiography of Islamic Family Law Index.
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This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law and a critical analysis of its deficiencies. Written by outstanding senior and emerging scholars in their fields, it offers an innovative historiographical examination of the field of Islamic law and an ideal introduction to key personalities and concepts. While capturing the state of contemporary Islamic legal studies by chronicling how far the field has come, the Handbook also explains why certain debates recur and indicates fundamental gaps in our knowledge. Each chapter presents bold new avenues for research and will help readers appreciate the contested nature of key concepts and topics in Islamic law. This Handbook will be a major reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come.
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• Anver M. Emon and Rumee Ahmed: Editors' Introduction I. Discipline and Critique A. Islamic Legal Studies
• 1: Ayesha Chaudhry: Islamic Legal Studies: A Critical Historiography
• 2: Anver M. Emon: Fiqh
• 3: Saadia Yacoob: Islamic Law and Gender
• 4: Rumee Ahmed: Islamic Law and Theology
• 5: John R. Bowen: Anthropology and Islamic Law
• 6: Andrew F. March: Falsafa and Law Part II Legal Theory and Institutions A. Legal Theory
• 7: Anver M. Emon: Ijtihad
• 8: Robert Gleave: Imami Shi'i Legal Theory: From its Origins to the Early-Twentieth Century
• 9: Ayman Shabana: Custom in the Islamic Legal Tradition
• 10: Youcef Soufi: The Historiography of Sunni Usul al-Fiqh
• 11: Mairaj U. Syed: Ijma' B. Institutions
• 12: Mohammad Fadel: al-Qadi
• 13: Kristen Stilt and M. Safa Saracoglu: Hisba and Muhtasib
• 14: Matthieu Tillier: The Mazalim in Historiography Part III Origins, Empires, and States A. Historical Studies
• 15: Benjamin Jokisch: Origins of and Influences on Islamic law
• 16: Mariam Sheibani, Amir Toft, and Ahmed El Shamsy: The Classical Period: Scripture, Origins, and Early Development
• 17: Marion Katz: The Age of Development and Continuity, 12th-15th Centuries CE
• 18: Matthew B. Ingalls: The Historiography of Islamic Law During the Mamluk Sultanate
• 19: Haim Gerber: Law in the Ottoman Empire
• 20: M. Reza Pirbhai: A Historiography of Islamic Law in the Mughal Empire
• 21: Rula Jurdi Abisaab: Delivering Justice: The Monarch's 'Urfi Courts and the Shari'a in Safavid Iran
• 22: Syed Adnan Hussain: Anglo-Muhammadan Law
• 23: Leonard Wood: Legislation as an Instrument of Islamic Law Part IV Regional Variations A. Muslim-Majority States
• 24: Melissa Crouch: Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia
• 25: Antonia Fraser Fujinaga: Islamic Law in Post-Revolutionary Iran
• 26: Ruth A. Miller: The Turkish Republic
• 27: Jeff Redding: Islamic Law in South Asia: A Testament to Diversity B. Muslim Minorities
• 28: Natasha Bakht: The Incorporation of Shari'a in North America: Enforcing the Mahr to Combat Women's Poverty Post-Relationship Dissolution
• 29: Mathias Rohe: Islamic Law in Western Europe
• 30: Abdullah Saeed: Shari'a in Australia Part V Substantive Legal Areas A. Case Studies
• 31: Nathan J. Brown and Mara Revkin: Islamic Law and Constitutions
• 32: Shannon Dunn: Islamic Law and Human Rights
• 33: Anver M. Emon: Islamic Law and Finance
• 34: Kristen Stilt: Animals
• 35: Lynn Welchman: A Historiography of Islamic Family Law Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the contemporary study of Islamic law and a critical analysis of its deficiencies. Written by outstanding senior and emerging scholars in their fields, it offers an innovative historiographical examination of the field of Islamic law and an ideal introduction to key personalities and concepts. While capturing the state of contemporary Islamic legal studies by chronicling how far the field has come, the Handbook also explains why certain debates recur and indicates fundamental gaps in our knowledge. Each chapter presents bold new avenues for research and will help readers appreciate the contested nature of key concepts and topics in Islamic law. This Handbook will be a major reference work for scholars and students of Islam and Islamic law for years to come.
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• 1. Introduction: A Multifaceted Venture - Amyn B. Sajoo--
• 2. Foundations - Khaled Abou al Fadl--
• 3. Recovering the Ethical - Ebrahim Moosa--
• 4. Sustaining and Enhancing Life - Karim H. Karim--
• 5. Spiritual Refinement - Sa'diyya Shaikh--
• 6. Women's Equality - Ziba Mir-Hosseini--
• 7. Family Law to Finance - Mohamed Keshavjee & Raficq Abdulla--
• 8. Bioethics - Amyn B. Sajoo--
• 9. Legitimizing Authority - Amaan Merali--
• 10. Democratisation and Shari?a: The Indonesian Experience - Carool Kersten--
• 11. Shari?a in the Western Landscape - Nicholas Ahrony & Rex Ahdar--
• 12. Secularism and the Shari?a: Lessons from an Ontario Debate - Jennifer Selby.
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Why is the term shari?a-the mention of which conjures up images of a politicised religion in many parts of the world-understood in the ways that it is today? For Muslims and non-Muslims alike, much is read into this term, often with scant regard for its historical, cultural or theological underpinnings. The politics of identity has a profound effect on contemporary life, both secular and religious, and this includes our understandings of the shari?a. Yet at the core of this concept, for Muslims, is the quest for a moral compass by which to navigate a path through life (Qur'an, 45:18), informed deeply by revelation and its interpretation by the Prophet Muhammad as well as his closest Companions. Built on this foundation is an ongoing human endeavour to grasp and lend expression to that teaching-elaborately in law, but no less so in devotional, ethical and customary practices in diverse Shi?i and Sunni Muslim communities, including in the West. Popular myths about the shari?a - that it is divine law, that it is contained in a single code recognised by all Muslims, that it is about controlling behavior, that it `defines' Islam - are challenged in this volume by leading scholars, with a view to illuminating how we arrived here and where we might be headed. The claims of the modern state as the custodian of the shari?a are put into perspective, alongside the vital role of a pluralist civil society. From bioethics, human development, family law and finance to constitutional and human rights issues, this fifth volume in the Muslim Heritage Series offers an accessible account of the ideals and realities of the shari?a. As such, it will appeal not only to specialists in the humanities and social sciences, but also to the general reader with an interest in global affairs and informed citizenship.
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Sharia is by now a term that most Americans and Europeans recognize, though few really understand what it means. Often portrayed as a medieval system used by religious zealots to oppress women and deny human rights, conservative politicians, media commentators, and hardline televangelists stoke fear by promoting the idea that Muslims want to impose a repressive Sharia rule in America and Europe. Despite the breadth of this propaganda, a majority of Muslims-men and women-support Sharia as a source of law. In fact, for many centuries Sharia has functioned for Muslims as a positive source of guidance, providing a moral compass for individuals and society. This critical new book by John L. Esposito and Natana Delong-Bas aims to serve as a guide for what everybody needs to know in the conversation about Sharia, responding to misunderstandings and distortions, and offering answers to questions about the origin, nature, and content of Sharia.
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• The Shariah : meaning, sources and objectives
• Maqāṣ al-Shariah (the main objectives of the Shariah)
• The Shariah's guidance for establishing a just and caring society
• Issues of concern regarding the Shariah
• The process of implementing the Shariah
• Fiqh al-Aqalliyyāt (jurisprudence for minorities)
• Conclusion.

The Shariah is one of the most misunderstood and maligned Islamic terms in the West. The word conjures up images of uncivilised Muslims whipping criminals, stoning adulterers and confining women within their homes in the minds of many people. Yet, Shariah literally means a way or a path and, more specifically, the way to a watering place. Far from being a strict penal code it is a humane, compassionate and benevolent system of laws that guides Muslims, based on the Qur'an, the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, and the interpretation of religious scholars. This book is a simple and concise guide to the Shariah (Islamic law) to explain its meaning, scope and operation in practical life, as well as helping readers understand and appreciate its value and necessity in the believer's life.
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• Introduction
• Shariah and Islamic law : myths and realities
• Shariah : the big picture
• Shariah courts
• The five pillars of Islam and community life
• Women, gender, and the family
• Government, law, and order
• Freedom and human rights
• War, peace, and the common good
• Criminal law and justice
• Islamic finance in a global world
• Science, bioethics, and human life.

Sharia is by now a term that most Americans and Europeans recognize, though few really understand what it means. Often portrayed as a medieval system used by religious zealots to oppress women and deny human rights, conservative politicians, media commentators, and hardline televangelists stoke fear by promoting the idea that Muslims want to impose a repressive Sharia rule in America and Europe. Despite the breadth of this propaganda, a majority of Muslims-men and women-support Sharia as a source of law. In fact, for many centuries Sharia has functioned for Muslims as a positive source of guidance, providing a moral compass for individuals and society. This critical new book by John L. Esposito and Natana Delong-Bas aims to serve as a guide for what everybody needs to know in the conversation about Sharia, responding to misunderstandings and distortions, and offering answers to questions about the origin, nature, and content of Sharia.
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