Table of contents - 6 Acknowledgements - 8 Editorial note - 11 Preface - 12 1. Introduction: investigating the role of sharia in national law - 18 2. Sharia and national law inEgypt - 52 3. Sharia and national law in Morocco - 90 4. Sharia and national law in Saudi Arabia - 140 5 Shari'a and national law in the Sudan - 182 6. Islam and national law in Turkey - 232 7. Sharia and national law in Afghanistan - 274 8. Sharia and national law in Iran - 320 9. Sharia and national law in Pakistan - 374 10. Sharia and national law in Indonesia - 434 11. Sharia and national law in Malaysia - 492 12. Sharia and national law in Mali - 530 13. Sharia and national law in Nigeria - 554 14. Towards comparative conclusions on the role of sharia in national law - 614 Annexe: Tables - 656 Glossary - 662 About the contributors - 674
Jan Michiel Otto is professor of law and governance in developing countries at Leiden University, and director of the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development.
Sharia Incorporated is essential reading for anyone who seeks a better informed, more nuanced picture of law in Muslim majority countries than we normally get. Without being starry-eyed, the country studies show the complexity of reconciling law with custom, and religious with secular laws. Sometimes violent Puritanism clashes with older forms of religious discourse, market economies affect older ways of life, and modern states struggle to make traditional and modern institutions cohere. If nothing else, this book offers a necessary antidote to glib thinking and ignorant prejudice.--Ian Buruma
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