Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Law in Modern Indonesia 9780824861797

Challenging the Secular State examines Muslim efforts to incorporate shari’a (religious law) into modern Indonesia’s leg

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
I: Shari‘a and the Nation-State
1. The Notion of Shari‘a
2. Is There Unity of Islam and the State?
3. Dissonant Implementation of Shari‘a
4. Between Nation and Millet
II: Islamization and Nationalism
5. Islamization in Indonesia
6. Different Conceptions of Nationalism
7. Formation of the Indonesian State
8. Reproducing the Millet System
III: The Constitutionalization of Shari‘a
9. Constitutional Dissonance
10. Bringing Back the ‘Seven Words’
11. The Failure of Amendment
12. Limiting Human Rights
IV: The Nationalization of Shari‘a
13. The Institutionalization of Zakat
14. Managing the Collection of Zakat
15. Legislating Zakat Payment
16. Overlapping Zakat and Taxation
V: The Localization of Shari‘a in Aceh
17. Formalizing Shari‘a Locally Through Ulama
18. Ulama and Qanun Lawmaking
19. After the Tsunami
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
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