This monograph examines the dynamics involved in implementing Islamic law in Southeast Asia; and how this issue has become a source of conflict in Kelantan; Malaysia and Aceh; Indonesia. Using textual and fieldwork methodology; the study compares and contrasts the collective experience of trying to apply Islamic law in these two locations.In both Kelantan and Aceh; Islamic law was first developed in the thirteenth century with the coming of Islam to the region; but was later replaced by colonial legal systems; and then by the jurisprudence of national governments following independence. Reinstituting Islamic law has become a dominant political issue in both countries.Through an analysis of the conditions that have made the emergence of Islamic law in Kelantan and Aceh possible; the author helps extend previous studies on this issue by providing a sociological understanding of religious law as a source of both conflict and identity.
2017-10-26Original language:English #File Name: 9385285564221 pages
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