The Sociology of Shari'a: Case Studies from around the World

1. One State, Three Legal Systems: Social Cohesion in a Multi-ethnic and Multireligious Malaysia
2. Modern Law, Traditional ‘ Shalish’ and Civil Society Activism in Bangladesh
3. Semi-official Turkish Muslim Legal Pluralism: Encounters Between Secular Official Law and Unofficial Shari’a
4. Soft Authoritarianism, Social Diversity and Legal Pluralism: The Case of Singapore
5. The Philippine Shari’aCourts and the Code of Muslim Personal Laws
6. Shari’aand Muslim Women’s Agency in a Multicultural Context: Recent Changes in Sports Culture
7. Shari’aLaw in Catholic Italy: A Non-agnostic Model of Accommodation
8. Trial and Error: Muslims and Shari’a in the German Context
9. Between the Sacred and the Secular: Living Islam in China
10. The Case of the Recognition of Muslim Personal Law in South Africa: Colonialism, Apartheid and Constitutional Democracy
11. The Constitutionalization of Shari’a in Muslim Societies: Comparing Indonesia, Tunisia and Egypt
12. Legal Pluralism and the Shari’a: A Comparison of Greece and Turkey
13. Contradictions, Conflicts, Dilemmas and Temporary Resolutions: A Sociology of Law Analysis of Shari’ain Selected Western Societies
14. Perception of Shari’ain Sydney and New York Newspapers
15. Profiting from Shari’a: Islamic Banking and Finance in Australia
16. Shari’aand Multiple Modernities in Western Countries: Toward a Multi-faith Pragmatic Modern Approach Rather Than a Legal Pluralist One?
17. The Future of Legal Pluralism

This edited volume offers a collection of papers that present a comparative analysis of the development of Shari’a in countries with Muslim minorities, such as America, Australia, Germany, and Italy, as well as countries with Muslim majorities, such as Malaysia, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Tunisia. The Sociology of Shari’a provides a global analysis of these important legal transformations and analyzesthe topic from a sociological perspective. It explores examples of non-Western countries that have a Muslim minority in their populations, including South Africa, China, Singapore, and the Philippines. In addition, the third part of the book includes case studies that explore some ground-breaking theories on the sociology of Shari’a, such as the application of Black, Chambliss, and Eisenstein’s sociological perspectives.