| Description |
1 online resource (6 pages) : color illustration, color photograph |
| Series |
Issue brief / Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East |
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Issue brief (Atlantic Council of the United States)
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| Contents |
Brief Historical Overview -- Sharia Law -- Aspects of Sharia Law: The Islamic Political System -- Islamic Legal System and Codification -- Islamic Sharia in the Egyptian Constitutional System: 1971 Constitution -- Supreme Constitutional Court Interpretation of Article 2 of the Constitution -- The Two Constitutions of the Egyptian Uprising -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"With the meteoric rise of Islamic political movements in 2011, the issue of Sharia law has come to the forefront of a debate around the role of religion in governance. In his issue brief "Islam and Sharia Law," Atlantic Council's Nonresident Fellow Yussef Auf identifies and explains the challenges of incorporating Sharia law into the legal framework of modern governments, using the example of Egypt to enumerate the difficulties of codifying religious doctrine into law. Auf discusses how Sharia law attempts to regulate public life in three different domains: political governance, the Islamic legal system, and the economic system"--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
"May 5, 2016"--Table of contents page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title caption (Atlantic Council, viewed May 13, 2016) |
| Subject |
Islamic law -- Egypt
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Law -- Egypt -- Islamic influences
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Islam and state -- Egypt
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Finance (Islamic law) -- Egypt
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Islamic fundamentalism -- Egypt
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Finance (Islamic law)
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Islam and state.
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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Islamic law.
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Law -- Islamic influences.
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Politics and government.
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Egypt.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Atlantic Council of the United States. Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, publisher, issuing body.
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