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This project explores the transformation of Islamic law, or Sharia, under European colonialism in the Middle East and North Africa. It examines the legal changes and continuities through archival research, focusing on the agency of legal actors and the implications for contemporary legal studies.
European colonialisms encounter with Islamic law or Sharia, the main pillar of the pre-colonial legal systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has had a tremendous impact until today.
The implementation of modern European-style legal systems has led, as some scholars claim, to the abolishment of Sharia.
Others consider the legal changes through which Muslim societies have transited as a sign of Sharias flexibility rather than its demise.
The principal question this project addresses i…
UNIVERSITAT ERFURT
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