Overview
Today there are more Muslims living in diaspora than at any time in history. This situation was not envisioned by Islamic law, which makes no provision for permanent as opposed to transient diasporic communities. Western Muslims are therefore faced with the necessity of developing an Islamic law for Muslim communities living in non-Muslim societies. In this book, Kathleen Moore explores the development of new forms of Islamic law and legal reasoning in the US and Great Britain, as well the Muslims encountering Anglo-American common law and its unfamiliar commitments to pluralism and participation, and to gender, family, and identity. The underlying context is the aftermath of 9/11 and 7/7, the two attacks that arguably recast the way the West views Muslims and Islam. Islamic jurisprudence, Moore notes, contains a number of references to various 'abodes' and a number of interpretations of how Muslims should conduct themselves within those worlds. These include the dar al harb (house of war), dar al kufr (house of unbelievers), and dar al salam (house of peace). How Islamic law interprets these determines the debates that take shape in and around Islamic legality in these spaces. Moore's analysis emphasizes the multiplicities of law, the tensions between secularism and religiosity. She is the first to offer a close examination of the emergence of a contingent legal consciousness shaped by the exceptional circumstances of being Muslim in the U.S and Britain in the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century
Full Product Details
Author: Kathleen Moore (Director, Director, Center for Middle-East Studies, University of Cali)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.10cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 15.20cm
Weight: 0.482kg
ISBN: 9780195387810
ISBN 10: 0195387813
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 08 April 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This is a highly promising manuscriptELThe scholarship is strong, the writing style clear, and the organization logical. The work has the potential to make a significant contribution and I recommend that OUP put it under contract. Bill Mauer, Anthropology, University of California, Irvine.
This is a highly promising manuscriptELThe scholarship is strong, the writing style clear, and the organization logical. The work has the potential to make a significant contribution and I recommend that OUP put it under contract. * Bill Mauer, Anthropology, University of California, Irvine. *
Author Information
Director, Center for Middle-East Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
