Indonesian Syariah: Defining a National School of Islamic Law

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2008 - Law - 343 pages
The creation of a national school of Islamic law in Indonesia has been on the legal agenda for the past fifty years. This book is a summary of what has been achieved. The material shows us a complex range of references for syariah. These include the formal structures of a "new fiqh," philosophies of law, transmissions of syariah through tertiary curricula and the Friday sermon in mosques, a bureaucratic form for conducting the Hajj, and contemporary debates on syariah values as expressions of public morality. Together these references indicate just how elusive the meaning of syariah has become in contemporary Indonesia.
 

Contents

The New Fiqh
1
Figures
5
From God to Man and Back Again?
43
The National and Regional Curricula
85
The Friday Sermon
129
AppendiCes
131
The Department of Religion
205
Foreword to the Department of Religions Hajj Manuals
236
A New Ijtihad for a Sick Society
243
Syariah on the Edge
285
References
305
Index
315
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 M.B. Hooker is Professor of Law at the Australian National University.

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