Description
Islam and the Everyday World
Public Policy Dilemmas
Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa Series
Coordinators: Behdad Sohrab, Nomani Farhad
Language: EnglishSubjects for Islam and the Everyday World:
Keywords
islamic; banks; economy; republic; saudi; arabia; state; law; muslim; countries; Concession Agreement; Islamic Human Rights Schemes; International Law; Public International Law; Umm Al Qura; Riba Al Fadl; Ibn Taimiyah; Islamic Banking; Islamic Economic; OIC Member; Al Sanhuri; Riba Free Banking; Legal Tricks; Female Labor Force Participation Rate; Zakat System; Musharaka Contracts; Compulsory Levy; Mudaraba Contract; HDI; Parallel Banking System; Early Islamic Period; Quranic Prohibition; Classical Jurists; Modern Commercial Contract; Employee Stock Ownership Plans
Publication date: 05-2008
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 09-2006
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
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This is a new examination of how Shari?a law affects public policy both theoretically and in practice, across a wide range of public policy areas, including for example human rights and family law.
The process by which public policy is decided - through elections, debates, political processes, and political discourse - has an additional dimension in the Islamic world. This is because Shari'a (divine law) has a great deal to say on many mundane matters of everyday life and must be taken into account in matters of public policy. In addition, matters are complicated further by the fact that there are differing interpretations of the Shari'a and how it should be applied to contemporary social issues.
Written by leading experts in their field, this is the first comprehensive single volume analysis of Islam and public policy in the English language and offers further understanding of Islam and its wider social and political implications.
1. Islam, Revivalism and Public Policy 2. Ideology and Institutions in Islamist Approaches to Public Policy 3. Islamism and Economics: Policy Implications for a Free Society 4. Islamic Jurisprudence and Public Policy 5. Islam and Human Rights Policy 6. Women, Sexuality and Social Policy in Islamic Cultures 7. Muslim Family Law: Articulating Gender, Class and the State 8. Islam, Islamists, and Labor Law 9. Commercial Law: The Conflict in Shari'a and Secular Law; Taxation and Public Finance 10. The Problem of Interest and Banking in Islamic Public Policy
Sohrab Behdad is Professor and John E. Harris Chair in Economics, Denison University, and is a former member of the faculty of Economics, Tehran University, Iran.
Farhad Nomani is Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris, and is a former member of the Faculty of Economics, Tehran University, Iran.