Islam and public policy
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Islam and public policy
（International review of comparative public policy : a research annual / series editor: Nicholas Mercuro, v. 9）
JAI Press, 1997
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Islamic states the process of definition and the source of legitimacy of public policy is complex and potentially more controversial than in secular states. This complexity arises from applying the interpretations of the divine law, the Shari'a, to contemporary social issues. The Shari'a is the code of social conduct and the means of regulating social discourse as well a social change. fundamental issues arise. First, what is the legitimate source and process of interpretation of the precepts of Islamic law, the Shari'a? And second, how are the specific dictums of the Shari'a affected by the fundamental changes in the social and technological circumstances of life? to this politico-theological issues. The problem has evolved into the more fundamental questions of what is Islam? and whose Islam? frequently asked by Muslim revivalists groups themselves, who claim that theirs is the true Islam. practical applications of a major issue in public policy, and with the controversies that may exist on the interpretation of Islamic precepts on the topic. In this respect, this volume is planned to be a cohesive and integrated collection, seeking to reflect the difference in methodological approaches of various authors.
Table of Contents
- Islam, revivalism and public policy, Sohrab Behdad
- ideology and institutions in Islamist approaches to public policy, S.V. Nasr
- Islamism and economics - policy implications for a free society, Timur Kuran
- Islamic jurisprudence and public policy, Ali Rahnema
- Islam and human rights, Ann Elizabeth Mayer
- women, sexuality and social policy in Islamic cultures, Haideh Moghissi
- Muslim family law - articulating gender, class and the state, Nahla Abdo
- Islam, Islamists and labour law, Marsha Pripstein Posusney and Karen Pfeifer
- commercial law - the conflict in Shari'a and secular law, William Ballantyne
- taxation and public finance, Volker Nienhaus
- problems of interest and banking in Islamist public policy, Farhad Nomani.
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