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Table of Contents: “…Alexander Orwin) -- The Sharia of the Republic : Islamic Law and Philosophy in Averroes Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Rasoul Namazi -- An Indecisive Truth : Divine Law and Philosophy in the Decisive Treatise and Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Karen Taliaferro -- Averroes between Jihad and McWorld / Michael Kochin -- The Essential Qualities of the Ruler in Averroes's Commentary on Plato's "Republic" / Rosalie Helena de Souza Pereira -- Natural Perfection or Divine Fiat / Jshua Parens -- Philosopher Kings and Counsellors: How Should Philosophers Participate in Politics? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction: religious encounters in northern Nigeria / Abdul Raufu Mustapha -- The Muslim majority in northern Nigeria: sects and trends / Philip Ostien -- The significant minority: Christians & Christianity in northern Nigeria / David Ehrhardt & Jibrin Ibrahim -- Historical contexts of Muslim-Christian encounters in northern Nigeria / Abdul Raufu Mustapha, David Ehrhardt & Rachael Diprose -- Challenges of legal pluralism: Sharia law & its aftermath / Abdul Raufu Mustapha & Aminu Gamawa -- Boko Haram, youth mobilization & jihadism / Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos -- Complementary, competition & conflict: informal enterprise & religious conflict in northern Nigeria / Kate Meagher -- Jos: fear & violence in central Nigeria / Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Adam Higazi, Jimam Lar & Karel Chromy -- Rural insecurity on the Jos Plateau: livelihoods, land & cattle amid religious reform & violent conflict / Adam Higazi -- Jos: bottom-up & top-down approaches to peace building / Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Adam Higazi, Jimam Lar & Karel Chromy -- Conclusion: diversity, religious pluralism & democracy / Abdul Raufu Mustapha & David Ehrhardt.…”
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Table of Contents: “…: the declining political influence of the military in postauthoritarian Indonesia / Marcus Mietzner -- Indonesian government approaches to radical Islam since 1998 / Sidney Jones -- How Indonesia survived : comparative perspectives on state disintegration and democratic integration / Edward Aspinall -- Contours of sharia in Indonesia / John Bowen -- Unfinished business : law reform, governance, and the courts in post-Suharto Indonesia / Tim Lindsey and Simon Butt.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Intro; Challenging Cosmopolitanism; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Hijra, H˙ajj and Muslim Mobilities: Considering Coercion and Asymmetrical Power Dynamics in Histories of Islamic CCosmopolitanism; 2 Islamicate Cosmopolitanism from North Africa to Southeast Asia; 3 Sufi Cosmopolitanism in the Seventeenth-century Indian Ocean: Shariʿa, Lineage and Royal Power in Southeast Asia and the Maldives; 4 The White Heron called by the Muezzin: Shrines, Sufis and Warlords in Early Modern Java…”
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Table of Contents: “…Seeing nationhood : images of American identity / David Morgan -- The visible and the invisible in South Asia / Peter van der Veer -- The power of Mary in secessionist warfare : Catholicism and political crisis in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea / Anna-Karina Hermkens -- The Mourid brotherhood at the center of Senegalese political life : a dialectic of state and religious power / Cheikh Guèye and Olivia Gervasoni -- Sharia and state in the Sudan : from late colonialism to late Islamism / Shamil Jeppie -- "Bolivarian" anti-Semitism / Claudio Lomnitz and Rafael Sánchez -- Pt. …”

Table of Contents: “…Islam and feminism: an analysis of political strategies / Haleh Afshar -- Gender and the politics of religion in the Middle East / Maha Azzam -- The mythology of modernity: women and democracy in Lebanon / Jean Said Makdisi -- Gulf women and Islamic law / Munira Fakhro -- Some observations on women in Saudi Arabia / Mai Yamani -- Stretching the limits: a feminist reading of the Shariʻa in post-Khomeini Iran / Ziba Mir-Hosseini -- Statutory discrimination in Lebanon: a lawyer's view / Souad Mokbel-Wensley -- Islamic family legislation: the authoritarian discourse of silence / Najla Hamadeh -- The women's convention in the Muslim world / Jane Connors.…”

Table of Contents: “…An-Na'im -- Grounding human rights arguments in non-Western culture: Shari'a and the citizenship rights of women in a modern Islamic state / Norani Othman --Looking to Buddhism to turn back prostitution in Thailand / Suwanna Satha-Anand -- A Confucian perspective on human rights for contemporary China / Joseph Chan -- Rights, social justice, and globalization in East Asia / Yash Ghai -- Economic development, legal reform, and rights in Singapore and taiwan / Kevin Y.L. …”

Table of Contents: “…Would a Civil State Allow Sharia Law? 14 June --…”
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Table of Contents: “…Colonial and Post-Colonial Governance of Islam; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Historical perspectives on colonial governance of Islam; Chapter 2 Governance of Islam in colonial Mozambique; Chapter 3 Educating Sudanese ulama for colonial sharia; Chapter 4 Ruptures? Governance in Husaynid-Colonial Tunisia, c. 1870-1914; Chapter 5 Governing Islam by tribes and constitutions : British mandate rule in Iraq; Chapter 6 The idea of a Muslim community: British India, 1857-1906; Part 2 Continuities and ruptures in the governance of Islam in post-colonial situations.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Islam in Nigeria: Historical Background; Usman Dan Fodio's Jihad; The British colonial era; The path to Sharia; Some reflections on religious identity; 3. …”
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Table of Contents: “…The Muslim ummah:context and concepts: Introduction - The establishment of an Islamic community - The Qur'an, the hadith and the shari'a - Islam and Muslims - Fundamental principles of teh ummah - Sacred spaces - Gender and Islam - Culture, faith and tradition - Denominational diversity - Natioanlism and fundamentalism - Migration and Muslim communities in Europe - politicisation and the quest for identity - Human dignity and insan al-kamil -- 3. …”

Table of Contents: “…Islamist movements and thinkers -- The founding of the Muslim brotherhood -- Goals and strategies of the Muslim Brotherhood -- The need for islamic leadership -- The primacy of the shari'a -- From Arabism to Islamism -- Islamism, democracy, and the limits of freedom -- "Impious democratic dogma" -- Representative government in Islam -- An Islamist view of the media -- Women and family life in Islamist discourses -- "When Islam prohibits something, it closes all the avenues of approach to it" -- "Woman has been guaranteed complete equality with man" -- "Muslim sister-- show your pride!" …”