Constituting Religion examines how constitutional provisions for both Islam and liberal rights catalyze conflicts over religion in Malaysia and feed a 'rights-versus-rites' binary. This title is also available as Open Access.
Constituting Religion examines how constitutional provisions for both Islam and liberal rights catalyze conflicts over religion in Malaysia and feed a 'rights-versus-rites' binary. This title is also available as Open Access.
Tamir Moustafa is Professor of International Studies and Stephen Jarislowsky Chair at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. His research stands at the intersection of law, religion, and politics. Among other work, he is the author of The Struggle for Constitutional Power: Law, Politics, and Economic Development in Egypt (Cambridge, 2007) and he is the co-editor of Rule by Law: The Politics of Law and Courts in Authoritarian Regimes with Tom Ginsburg (Cambridge, 2008).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: constituting religion 1. The constitutive power of law and courts 2. The secular roots of Islamic law in Malaysia 3. Islam and liberal rights in the federal constitution 4. The judicialization of religion 5. Constructing the political spectacle: liberal rights versus Islam in the court of public opinion 6. The rights-versus-rites binary in popular legal consciousness 7. 'Islam is the religion of the federation' Conclusion Appendix: religion of the state, source law, and repugnancy clause provisions among Muslim-majority countries Bibliography Index.
Introduction: constituting religion 1. The constitutive power of law and courts 2. The secular roots of Islamic law in Malaysia 3. Islam and liberal rights in the federal constitution 4. The judicialization of religion 5. Constructing the political spectacle: liberal rights versus Islam in the court of public opinion 6. The rights-versus-rites binary in popular legal consciousness 7. 'Islam is the religion of the federation' Conclusion Appendix: religion of the state, source law, and repugnancy clause provisions among Muslim-majority countries Bibliography Index.
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