00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000004716 20221027021317 0010-0520004716 221027################|##########|#eng## 0-7591-0671-1 eng 340.59 340.59 ISL Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity / Edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Barbara Freyer Stowasser New York : AltaMira Press, 2004 ix, 264 p. ; 23 cm. Indeks : p.251-259 p.233-244 This book brings together studies on Islamic law as it has been reconceived and applied in the modern world. Since Europeans first colonized Arab lands in the 19th century, they have been pressing to have the area's indigenous laws and legal systems accord with Western models. Although most Arab states now have national codes of law that reflect Western influence, fierce internal struggles continue over how to interpret Islamic law, particularly in the areas of gender and family. From different geographical and ideological points across the contemporary Arab world, Haddad and Stowasser demonstrate the range of views on just what Islam's legal heritage in the region should be. For either law or religion classes, Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity provides the broad historical overview and particular cases needed to understand this contentious issue. Islamic Law-Arab Countries Law Reform-Arab Countries 10891/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10892/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10892/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10891/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10891/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10892/MKRI-P/XI-2008