Sharia Dynamics

1. Introduction: Sharia Dynamics and the Anthropology of Islam
Timothy P. Daniels

Part I. Sharia and Discursive Tradition

2. Fatwa, Discursivity, and the Production of Sharia
Omer Awass

3. Fatwās on Mohamed Bouazizi’s Self-Immolation: Religious Authority, Media, and Secularization
Ahmad Najib Burhani

4. Sharia Law and Muslim Ethical Imaginaries in Modern Indonesia
Robert W. Hefner

Part II. Sharia, State, and Society

5. Sharia in China: Compromising Perceptions
James D. Frankel

6. Interplay of Sharia Projects: Between Ketuanan Melayu, Islam, and Liberal Rights in Malaysia
Timothy P. Daniels

Part III. Sharia and Gender

7. Gendered Accounts of Expertise Within Islamic Finance and Financialization in Malaysia
Laura Elder

8. The Difficulty of Accounting for Women Who Critique Sharia in Northern Nigeria
Sarah Eltantawi

9. Islamic Movements, Women, and Social Reform: Who Speaks of the Sharia in Pakistan?
Meryem F. Zaman

Part IV. Sharia and Religious Pluralism

10. You Are Not a Muslim: Ahmadiyya Exclusion and Sharia Interpretation in Pakistan
Wajeeha Ameen Malik

11. Anwar and Maqasid: Forging a Muslim Democracy
Charles Allers

12. A Veneer of Unity? Islam and a Culture of Inclusion in Sabah
David J. Banks

Keywords: Social Sciences, Social Anthropology, Sociology of Religion, Religion and Society, Islam