Bibliograph

Questioning secularism, Islam, sovereignty, and the rule of law in modern Egypt, Hussein Ali Agrama

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Questioning secularism, Islam, sovereignty, and the rule of law in modern Egypt, Hussein Ali Agrama

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Questioning secularism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

775591863

Responsibility statement

Hussein Ali Agrama

Series statement

Chicago studies in practices of meaning

Sub title

Islam, sovereignty, and the rule of law in modern Egypt

Table Of Contents

Introduction: a secular or a religious state? -- 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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