1 Shari‘a Between Renewal and Tradition&Jorgen S.Nielsen 1
PART 1: AN ENCOUNTER OF LEGAL THEORIES 17
2 Clarity or Confusion - Classical Fiqh and the Issue of Logic&Mona Siddiqui 17
3 Demarcating Fault-lines within Islam:Muslim Modernists and Hardline Islamists Engage the Shari‘a&Asma Afsaruddin 29
4 Islamic Jurisprudence and Western Legal History&Mark van Hoecke 45
5 Is Shari‘a Law, Religion or a Combination?European Legal Discourses on Shari‘a&Lisbet Christoffersen 57
6 Women, Secular and Religious Laws and Traditions:Gendered Secularization, Gendering Shari‘a&Hanne Petersen 77
7 Shari‘a and Nordic Legal Contexts&Kjell-Ake Modeer 89
PART 2: LOCAL EXPERIENCES 97
8 Shari‘a from Behind the Bench:Court Culture, Judicial Culture and a Judge-made Discourse on Shari‘a at a Swedish District Court&Matilda Arvidsson 97
9 Between God and the Sultana?Legal Pluralism in the British Muslim Diaspora&Prakash Shah 117
10 Shari‘a and Secularism in France&Manni Crone 141
11 Divine Law and Human Understanding -The Idea of Shari‘a in Saudi Arabia&Dorthe Bramsen 157
12 Speaking in His Name?Gender, Language and Religion in the Arab Media&Dima Dabbous-Sensenig 179
13 Shari‘a and the Constitutional Debate in Egypt&Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen 199
PART 3: SHARI‘A AND DISCOURSE 211
14 Traditions of Interpretation within （Protestant） Christian Theology as Compared with Islam&Mogens Muller 211
15 Rebellious Women — Discourses and Texts:Shari‘a, Civil Rights and Penal Law&Peter Madsen 217
Bibliography 237
Index 259