Indonesian Syariah: Defining a National School of Islamic Law

by M.B. Hooker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812308024
• ISBN13: 9789812308023
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"