Book Review: The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State by Iza R. Hussin

In The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State, Iza R. Hussin traces a riveting history of Islamic law as it encounters, and is inevitably transformed by, British colonialism in Malaya, Egypt and India. It is a work of unique critical sensibilitie...

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Main Author: Hamzić, Vanja
Format: Review
Language:English
Published: London School of Economics 2016
Subjects:
DS Asia
DT Africa
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
KBP Islamic Law
KL Asia and Eurasia
Africa
Pacific Area
and Antarctica
J Political Science
Antarc*
Antarctica
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DT Africa
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
KBP Islamic Law
KL Asia and Eurasia
Africa
Pacific Area
and Antarctica
J Political Science
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DT Africa
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
KBP Islamic Law
KL Asia and Eurasia
Africa
Pacific Area
and Antarctica
J Political Science
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Book Review: The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State by Iza R. Hussin
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Pacific Area
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description In The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State, Iza R. Hussin traces a riveting history of Islamic law as it encounters, and is inevitably transformed by, British colonialism in Malaya, Egypt and India. It is a work of unique critical sensibilities, setting the scene for future interdisciplinary research of colonial and postcolonial Islamic law as fruitful analytical categories, finds Vanja Hamzić.
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http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2016/11/15/book-review-the-politics-of-islamic-law-local-elites-colonial-authority-and-the-making-of-the-muslim-state-by-iza-r-hussin/
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Hamzić, Vanja (2016) 'Book Review: The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Authority and the Making of the Muslim State by Iza R. Hussin.' LSE Review of Books .
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