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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Chicago studies in practices of meaningPublication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.Description: xiii, 281 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780226010694 (pbk. : alkaline paper)
  • 0226010694 (pbk. : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.59 23
Contents:
The legalization of hisba in the case of Nasr Abu Zayd -- The indete rminacies of secular power : sovereignty, public order, and family -- A paradox of Islamic authority in modern Egypt -- Law's suspicion -- Wha t is a fatwa? : authority, tradition, and the care of self -- Islamist lawyers in the Egyptian emergency state : a different language of justi ce?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The legalization of hisba in the case of Nasr Abu Zayd -- The indete rminacies of secular power : sovereignty, public order, and family -- A paradox of Islamic authority in modern Egypt -- Law's suspicion -- Wha t is a fatwa? : authority, tradition, and the care of self -- Islamist lawyers in the Egyptian emergency state : a different language of justi ce?

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