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Sharia and the Making of the Modern Egyptian: Islamic Law and Custom in the Courts of Ottoman Cairo

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cairo; New York: American University in Cairo Press, 2014ISBN:
  • 9789774166174
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Contents:
The Empire in Theory -- Custom in Shari'a and in the Siyasati Ilahi (Celestial Siyasa) -- The Construction of Orthodoxy : Renewal (Tajdid) & Renunciation (Takfir) -- "This Sijill is a Hujja!" Mass Producing Documents in Ottoman-Cairo -- The Documented Life -- The Rights of God (Huquq Allah) : "A Moral Transgression, not a Crime" -- The Rights of Man (Huquq al-Adamiyyin).
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-286) and index.

The Empire in Theory -- Custom in Shari'a and in the Siyasati Ilahi (Celestial Siyasa) -- The Construction of Orthodoxy : Renewal (Tajdid) & Renunciation (Takfir) -- "This Sijill is a Hujja!" Mass Producing Documents in Ottoman-Cairo -- The Documented Life -- The Rights of God (Huquq Allah) : "A Moral Transgression, not a Crime" -- The Rights of Man (Huquq al-Adamiyyin).

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