Democracy is the answer : Egypt's years of revolution by Aswānī, ʻAlāʼ, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Would a Civil State Allow Sharia Law? 14 June --…”
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Islamic state practices, international law and the threat from terrorism : a critique of the 'clash of civilizations' in the new world order by Rehman, Javaid

Table of Contents: “…The Sharia and Siyar in the Development of the Law of Nations -- 3. …”
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Law, Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa

Table of Contents: “…Squaring the circle: Freedom of religion and secularism in the Nigerian constitution -- Introduction -- History of freedom of religion in Nigerian jurisprudence -- The 1959 Constitutional Conference: negotiating Nigerian religious freedom -- Management of sharia in Nigerian constitutionalism -- The 1959 settlement and the privatisation of sharia -- Privatisation of sharia and limitation of Sharia Courts -- Secularity as a contested constitutional norm…”
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Islamic finance in a nutshell : a guide for non-specialists by Kettell, Brian

Table of Contents: “…; 2 If Islamic Banks Cannot Charge Interest: How Do They Make Money?; 3 Sharia'a Law: It is Not Only Lawyers Who Need to Know About It; 4 Sharia'a Boards: Roles, Responsibility and Membership; 5 Financial Statement Analysis for Islamic Banks; 6 The Islamic Banking Infrastructure; Appendix 1 How Much Arabic do You Need to Know to Work in the Islamic Banking Industry?…”
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Reformation of Islamic thought : a critical historical analysis by Abū Zayd, Naṣr Ḥāmid

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction --- 2 The Pre-Colonial Period --- 3 The Nineteenth Century --- 4 The Twentieth Century --- 5 Selected Thinkers on Islam, Sharia, Democracy and Human Rights.…”
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The Islamic banking and finance workbook : step-by-step exercises to help you master the fundamentals of Islamic banking and finance by Kettell, Brian

Table of Contents: “…; 1.1 LEARNING OUTCOMES, SUMMARY OVERVIEW AND PROBLEMS; 1.2 QUESTIONS; 1.3 ANSWERS; Chapter 2: Sources of Sharia'a Law and the Role of Sharia'a Boards; 2.1 LEARNING OUTCOMES, SUMMARY OVERVIEW AND PROBLEMS; 2.2 QUESTIONS; 2.3 ANSWERS; Chapter 3: Principles of Islamic Banking and Finance; 3.1 LEARNING OUTCOMES, SUMMARY OVERVIEW AND PROBLEMS; 3.2 QUESTIONS; 3.3 ANSWERS; Chapter 4: The Murabaha Contract as a Mode of Islamic Finance.…”
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Religion in the public square : perspectives on secularism

Table of Contents: “…; 3.1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; 3.2 WHY IS THE RETURN OF SHARI'A LAW TO PUBLIC SPACE A CHALLENGE?; 3.3 SHARI'A LAW IN AN INVENTION OF TRADITION; 3.4 THE HYPOTHESIS AND THE STATE OF THE ART.…”
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Divorce : Aussie Islamic way

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Contemporary issues in Islam by Afsaruddin, Asma, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Negotiating the shoals of modernity -- Engaging the Sharia : rereading the Quʼran and hadith -- Islam and politics -- Islam, gender and feminist hermeneutics -- War and peacemaking in the Islamic tradition -- American Muslims and the expansion of the umma -- Religious dialogue and interfaith relations -- Epilogue : looking to the future.…”
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Shariah and financial reporting practices

Table of Contents: “…COVER ; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; A critique on accounting for murabaha contract; Issues on the application of IFRS9 and fair value measurement for Islamic financial instruments; Fair value and banking contagion; Sharia disclosures…”
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Introducing Islam by Shepard, William E., 1933-

Table of Contents: “…To know God's will: Islamic law -- Law: Shari'a and fiqh -- The five Shari'a valuations -- Usul al-fiqh, the roots of jurisprudence: the Sunni form -- Sunni "schools" of jurisprudence, madhhabs -- Usul al-fiqh: the Twelver Shi'i form -- Muftis and fatwas -- A brief history of fiqh -- The Shari'a and popular appropriation -- 11. …”

Manichaean delirium : decolonizing the judiciary and Islamic renewal in Sudan, 1898-1985 by Ibrāhīm, ʻAbd Allāh ʻAlī

Table of Contents: “…In the shoes of the colonized -- A tale of two courts : the Sharia of Allah and the custom of the patriarch -- President Ismail Al-Azhari, 1965-1969 : the politics of moral injury -- Nimerie's instant justice : tongue of God and the rogue -- The Qadis and Mahmoud M. …”
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Marriage on Trial : Islamic Family Law in Iran and Morocco. by Mir-Hosseini, Ziba

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Part I -- The Shari'a, Law and Social Practice: Strategies of Accomodation; Part II -- Areas of Tension between Law and Practice: Strategies of Selection; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Untitled; Index.…”
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The history of Islamic political thought : from the Prophet to the present by Black, Antony

Table of Contents: “…The messenger and the law c. 622-1000 -- Religion and state power (din wa dawla) : the Sunni doctrine of the state c. 900-1220 -- The shariʻa and the sword c. 1220-1500 -- Religious ideology and political control in early modern states -- Isalm and the West.…”
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Islam, Law and Identity. by Diamantides, Marinos

Table of Contents: “…Islam, Law and Identity; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction Politics, theology, sovereignty; Chapter 1Transcendence and interpretation introductory notes on the theology of the rule of law; Chapter 2Shari'a, faith and critical legal theory; Chapter 3One law against another? …”
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Islamic divorces in Europe : bridging the gap between European and Islamic legal orders by Kruiniger, Pauline (Pauline Maria), 1965-

Table of Contents: “…2.2.2.2 Nature of Article 162.2.2.3 Declarations and Reservations; 2.2.3 Closing Remarks; Part I Islamic Divorce Laws and Practices; 3 Introduction; 3.1 Islamic versus Occidental Notion of Divorce; 3.2 Divorce in Islam: The Prerogative of the Husband; 3.3 'Islamic Divorce' Further Explained; 3.4 Structure of Part I; 4 Context: Islamic Law in a Nutshell; 4.1 Islamic or Shari'a Law?; 4.2 Sources; 4.3 Schools of Jurisprudence; 4.4 Some Characteristic Features; 4.5 Shari'a Law Today; 5 Divorce in Shari'a Law; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Marriage in Islam and Shari'a Law.…”
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Law and Division of Power in the Crimean Khanate (1532-1774) : With Special Reference to the Reign of Murad Giray (1678-1683). by Królikowska-Jedlińska, Natalia

Table of Contents: “…1 The Khan's Household2 The Kalga; 3 The Nuraddin and His Officials; 4 The Khan's Council; 3 The Khan and the Nobles; 1 The Crimean Nobles to 1532; 2 The Crimean Nobles in the Years from 1532 to 1774; 4 Provincial Kadis and Their Courts; 1 The Kadi and Court Personnel; 2 The Limitations of the Judicial Power of the kadi and His Subordinates; 5 Law and Its Practice in the Khanate's Sharia Courts; 1 The Law Applied in the Crimean Courts; 2 Litigants of the Sharia Courts: A Basic Statistical Analysis; Conclusion: A Fragile Balance; Appendices…”
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Producing desire : changing sexual discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900 by Zeʼevi, Dror, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The body sexual: medicine and physiognomy -- Regulating desire: sharīʻa and kanun -- Morality wars: orthodoxy, Sufism, and beardless youths -- Dream interpretation and the unconscious -- Boys in the hood: shadow theater as a sexual counter-script -- The view from without: sexuality in travel accounts -- Conclusion: modernity and sexual discourse -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Politics, law and community in Islamic thought : the Taymiyyan moment by Anjum, Ovamir, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…: Ibn Taymiyya's political thought -- A tale of two visions: Sharia and Siyasa in early Islam -- The political thought of the classical period -- Reason and community in the classical period -- Ibn Taymiyya's world -- Defending revelation and liberating reason -- Fiyra, community, and Islamic politics -- Conclusion.…”
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Law and Legality in the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey. by Schull, Kent F.

Table of Contents: “…Safa Sarac̦oğlu -- Reorganization of the Sharia courts of Egypt : how legal modernization set back women's rights in the Nineteenth century / Kenneth M. …”
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Rethinking Islamic studies : from orientalism to cosmopolitanism

Table of Contents: “…Martin -- Rethinking modernity: Islamic perspectives: Reasons public and divine: liberal democracy, shariʻa fundamentalism, and the epistemological crisis of Islam / Vincent J. …”
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The Islamic Utopia : the Illusion of Reform in Saudi Arabia. by Hammond, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Glossary; Introduction; 1 The Religious Society; 2 Government in the Sharia State; 3 The Warrior King and His Priests; 4 Segregated Nation; 5 The Illusion of Reform; 6 Foreign Policy Adventurism: Iran and Palestine; 7 The Saudi Cordon Sanitaire in Arab Media; 8 Controlling Mecca: In the House of God; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Practices of truth : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts by Dupret, Baudouin

Table of Contents: “…Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttâb -- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharîa at the shopfloor level -- Telling the truth: the judge and the law in family matters -- The truth about oneself: three Arab channels and their self-presentation -- Speaking the truth: advocacy video clips against terror -- Narratives of truth: documenting the mind in a psychiatric hospital -- Conclusion: Truth: a matter of language game and practical achievement.…”
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Taqwacore.

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Pragmatism in Islamic law : a social and intellectual history by Ibrahim, Ahmed Fekry

Table of Contents: “…The codification episteme and the multiplicity of truth -- Juristic discourse prior to the nineteenth century -- Tatabbuʻ al-rukhaʼ in juristic discourse prior to the nineteenth century -- Talfīq in juristic discourse prior to the nineteenth century -- Court practice prior to the nineteenth century -- Pragmatic eclecticism in court practice: a thousand and one cases -- The sweep of modernity -- Juristic discourse on pragmatic eclecticism in modern Egypt -- Codification and the Arab Spring: can the sharīʻa be restored?…”
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Islamic asset management : an asset class on its own? by Schoon, Natalie

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FIGURES; BOXES; TABLES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 CHARACTERISTICS OF ISLAMIC FINANCE; CHAPTER 2 CONTRACTS AND STRUCTURES FOR ISLAMIC ASSET MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER 3 THE ISLAMIC ASSET MANAGEMENT MARKET PLACE; CHAPTER 4 FUND OPERATIONS; CHAPTER 5 PROCESSING; CHAPTER 6 SHARIA'A SUPERVISORY BOARD; CHAPTER 7 CASE STUDIES; CHAPTER 8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.…”
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Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East : Liberalism, Modernity and Political Discourse.

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Nexus of global jihad : understanding cooperation among terrorist actors by Moghadam, Assaf, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The puzzle of terrorist cooperation -- Actor spectrum: organizations, networks, and entrepreneurs -- Shifting environment: ideology, social media, and armed conflicts -- Contemporary terrorist cooperation: a holistic typology -- Pre-9/11 cooperation in the global Jihad -- Post-9/11 cooperation in the global Jihad -- High-end cooperation: Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) -- Low-end cooperation: Al Qaeda, Iran, and Hizballah -- Networked cooperation: from Bojinka to the Sharia4 movement -- Conclusion.…”
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Islamic law and human rights : the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt by Fegiery, Moataz El

Table of Contents: “…Reactions to International Human Rights; 3. Shari'a and Human Rights in the 2012 Constitution; 4. …”
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The Halal Project in Indonesia by Hasyim, Syafiq

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Muslim-Christian encounters in Africa

Table of Contents: “…Ryan -- An opportunity missed by Nigeria's Christians : the 1976-78 Sharia debate revisited / Philip Ostien -- The "Sharia factor" in Nigeria's 2003 elections / Franz Kogelmann -- From resistance to reconstruction : challenges facing Muslim-Christian relations in post-apartheid South Africa / A. …”
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Islamic political thought : an introduction

Table of Contents: “…Heck -- Minorities / Yohanan Friedmann -- Modernity / Armando Salvatore -- Muhammad / Gerhard Bowering -- Pluralism and tolerance / Gudrun Kramer -- Qurʼan / Gerhard Bowering -- Revival and reform / Ebrahim Moosa -- Shariʻa / Devin Stewart -- Traditional political thought / Patricia Crone -- ʻUlamaʼ / Muhammad Qasim Zaman -- Women -- Ayesha S. …”
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Contesting symbolic landscape in Jerusalem : Jewish/Islamic conflict over the Museum of Tolerance at Mamilla cemetery by Reiter, Yitzhak

Table of Contents: “…The Mamilla cemetery and the chronology of the dispute -- The struggle over the symbolic landscape : zionization versus Palestinization and Islamization -- The waqf in the national-religious struggle of the Arab-Muslim minority in Israel -- The struggle over the jurisdiction of the sharia court -- The sanctity of cemeteries in Islam : science, belief, and interpretation -- The Palace Hotel and other precedents of construction over Muslim cemeteries -- "what is abhorrent to you, do not do to your friend" : comparative legal perspective -- "hidden from sight" : the High Court verdict -- The role of judicial tribunals in resolving conflicts over holy places -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.…”
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Islamic Finance : Instruments and Markets.

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American hysteria : the untold story of mass political extremism in the United States by Burt, Andrew, 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Mitchell Palmer takes on the enemy within our gates -- The dawning of McCarthyism : from communists to blacklists, one senator channels the fears of a nation -- The United States after 9/11 : the American Right and the threat of Sharia law -- The way forward : a practical guide to confronting political hysteria.…”
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Dynamism in Islamic Activism : Reference Points for Democratization and Human Rights. by Policy, Scientific Council for Government

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Summary; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The development of Islamic political thought; 3 The development of Islamic political movements; 4 The development of law and legal systems; 5 Policy perspective; Bibliography; Appendix 1 Comparison of the scores of Muslim countries with regard to political rights and civil liberties, early 1970s and 2003/2004; Appendix 2 Classification of Muslim countries by regime type -- 2002; Appendix 3 Status of Islam and Sharia as a legal source in the constitutions of Muslim countries; Appendix 4 The Barcelona process, EMP and ENP; Glossary.…”
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Contemporary Egypt : Democracy Defined or Confined?. by Tadros, Mariz

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on transliteration; Introduction; 1 Egypt and the Brotherhood in a pressure cooker; 2 From the Friday of Fury to the Shari'a Friday; 3 A civil state with an Islamic reference: An oxymoron?…”
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Idaho politics and government : culture clash and conflicting values in the Gem State by LiCalzi, Jasper M.

Table of Contents: “…-- Intergovernmental relations : a clear example of Miles' law -- Epilogue : child support, sharia law, and culture clash.…”
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Principles of Islamic Accounting. by Baydoun, Nabil

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; About the Companion website; Chapter 1 The Islamic Accounting Environment; Islamic Accounting; A Brief History of Islamic Accounting; Ethical Considerations in Islamic Accounting; Islamic Principles Affecting Financial Reporting; The Users of Islamic Accounting Information; Financial Accounting and Management Accounting; Islamic Accounting Services; Sharia Auditing; Zakat Accounting; Other Specialist Areas of Accounting; The Islamic Accounting Profession; Types of Islamic Business Organisations; Vocabulary.…”
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Cultural politics and Asian values : the tepid war by Barr, Michael D.

Table of Contents: “…; A broad history: from Meiji to 'East Asian Miracle'; Narrow histories: Lee Kuan Yew and Dr Mahathir; Confronting China after the end of history; Fin de sicle: 'Democratic Moment', financial crisis and beyond; Values and religions; Of liberalism and other religions; The European legacy: Christianity and liberalism; Islam: of Shari'a and Adat; Caliphs and Rajas; Buddhism: the politics of compassion; Confucianism: humane rites and elite rights; Cultural politics and Asian values.…”
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