Sharia and the making of the modern Egyptian : Islamic law and custom in the courts of Ottoman Cairo /

Sharia and the making of the modern Egyptian : Islamic law and custom in the courts of Ottoman Cairo /

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Main Author: Meshal, Reem A. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2014.

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Customary law > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Islamic courts > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Islamic law > Social aspects > Egypt > History.
Law > Egypt > Islamic influences > History.
Egypt > History > 1517-1882.

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Call Number: DT95.8 .M475 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • The Empire in Theory
  • Custom in Shari'a and in the Siyasati Ilahi (Celestial Siyasa)
  • The Construction of Orthodoxy : Renewal (Tajdid) & Renunciation (Takfir)
  • "This Sijill is a Hujja!" Mass Producing Documents in Ottoman-Cairo
  • The Documented Life
  • The Rights of God (Huquq Allah) : "A Moral Transgression, not a Crime"
  • The Rights of Man (Huquq al-Adamiyyin)