In Quest of Justice

Historians have been preoccupied for some time with the question of how Islamic law came to be transformed in the last two hundred or so years and the role this has played in the emergence of modern Middle Eastern states. All too frequently, this conversation has lacked granularity; it has taken pla...

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Main Author: Omar Anchassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2019-07-01
Series:American Journal of Islam and Society
Online Access:https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/621
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