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Questioning Secularism : Islam, Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt - Hussein Ali Agrama

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Questioning Secularism

Islam, Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt

By: Hussein Ali Agrama

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Paperback | 2 November 2012 | Edition Number 1

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The central question of the Arab Spring—what democracies should look like in the deeply religious countries of the Middle East—has developed into a vigorous debate over these nations’ secular identities. But what, exactly, is secularism? What has the West’s long familiarity with it inevitably obscured? In Questioning Secularism, Hussein Ali Agrama tackles these questions. Focusing on the fatwa councils and family law courts of Egypt just prior to the revolution, he delves deeply into the meaning of secularism itself and the ambiguities that lie at its heart. Drawing on a precedent-setting case arising from the family law courts —the last courts in Egypt to use Shari‘a law—Agrama shows that secularism is a historical phenomenon that works through a series of paradoxes that it creates. Digging beneath the perceived differences between the West and Middle East, he highlights secularism’s dependence on the law and the problems that arise from it: the necessary involvement of state sovereign power in managing the private spiritual lives of citizens and the irreducible set of legal ambiguities such a relationship creates. Navigating a complex landscape between private and public domains, Questioning Secularism lays important groundwork for understanding the real meaning of secularism as it affects the real freedoms of a citizenry, an understanding of the utmost importance for so many countries that are now urgently facing new political possibilities.

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"Questioning Secularism is an important book. The discussions of the fatwa alone would warrant praise, but there is much more: the exploration of how the secular state produces its own ambiguities is very engaging; the idea that different fora might employ related sources of legitimacy is handled with considerable deftness; the argument that the fatwa is a different sort of journey than the court proceeding is pursued with great care and insight. The overall result, then, is a work one can get one's teeth into in the best sense of the word." (Lawrence Rosen, Princeton University)"

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Islam Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography Politics & Government Central Government Law Jurisprudence & General Issues Systems of Law Islamic Law

International Law Political Structure & Processes Psychology Archaeology

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: A Secular or a Religious State?	p. 1
The Legalization of Hisba in the Case of Nasr Abu Zayd	p. 42
The Indeterminacies of Secular Power: Sovereignty, Public Order, and Family	p. 69
A Paradox of Islamic Authority in Modern Egypt	p. 107
Law's Suspicion	p. 130
What Is a Fatwa?: Authority, Tradition, and the Care of the Self	p. 160
Islamist Lawyers in the Egyptian Emergency State: A Different Language of Justice?	p. 188
Epilogue	p. 224
Notes	p. 237
Index	p. 271
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Islam, Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in Modern Egypt

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