Islam, Law and the State in Southeast Asia (3 volume set)

by Lindsey, Tim; Steiner, Kerstin

• ISBN13: 9781848850682
• ISBN10: 1848850689
• Format: Display
• Copyright: 2012-11-27
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris
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Summary

Southeast Asia has the world's largest Muslim population - Indonesia alone is home to more Muslims than the entire Middle East - yet nowhere in the region has a theocratic government emerged. Instead, Southeast Asian Islam is characterised by heterodox local traditions. Muslim societies today are torn between radical Islamist reformers calling for Shari'ah law and secular governments using law to contain and co-opt it. The result is a tension between state laws and institutions and Islamic alternatives. These three volumes provide an up-to-date, expert account of this complex contest across contemporary Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei in a comprehensive form not attempted for decades, including coverage on a range of areas including legal doctrine, substantive laws, judicial decision-making, the administration of religion, intellectual debate and state policy developments.

Author Biography

Tim Lindsey is Director of the Asian Law Centre and Co-Director of the Centre for Islamic Law and Society at the University of Melbourne. Kerstin Steiner is Research Fellow at the Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne.

Table of Contents

Volume One * Glossary * Acknowledgements * Preface * Introduction * Syari'ah and its Discontents: Laws, Legal Institutions and the State Madhhab in Indonesia * Sources Of Islamic Regulation * Dasar Negara? Pancasila and Constitution * Kompilasi: The Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI) * Fatawa and the Ulama Council of Indonesia (MUI) * Non-Judicial Legal Institutions * The Department of Religious Affairs * Regulation of Islamic Philanthropic Institutions * Regulation of Islamic Financial Institutions * Regulation of Islamic Education * The Religious Judiciary * The National Religious Judiciary * The Aceh Syari'ah Court * Judicial Decision Making * Judicial Decision Making in the Religious Courts * Contesting Syari'ah and State Responses in Indonesia * Regional Laws: PERDA, Qanun & Codes * National Laws: Regulating Morality & Belief * Bibliography * Index * Volume Two * Glossary * Acknowledgements * Preface * Introduction * Governing the Muslim Minority in Singapore: Law, Legal Institutions and the Anglo-Malay Madhhab * Sources of Islamic Regulation in Singapore * Islamic Law under Colonial Rule: The Ordinances * Islamic Law Post-Independence: The Administration of Muslim Law Act * Non-Judicial Legal Institutions in Singapore * State Islamic Institutions * Regulation of Islamic Education * The Religious Judiciary in Singapore * The Syari'ah Court System * Judicial Decision Making * Judicial Decision Making in the Religious Courts * Alternative Visions of Syari'ah and State Responses in Singapore * The Malay Minority and the Politics of Syari'ah in Singapore * Bibliography * Index * Volume Three * Glossary * Acknowledgements * Preface * Introduction * Syari'ah, Daulat and the Malays: Laws, Legal Institutions and the Anglo-Malay Madhhab * Malaysia * Overview: Islamic Laws in Malaysia: Religion and the Federation * Sources of Islamic Regulation in Malaysia * Syari'ah Law under Colonial Rule * Syari'ah Law after Independence * Non-Judicial Legal Institutions in Malaysia * State Islamic Institutions * Regulation of Islamic Financial Institutions * Regulation of Islamic Education * The Religious Judiciary in Malaysia * Syari'ah Courts and the Secular Judiciary Jurisdictional Division * Judicial Decision Making * Judicial Decision Making in the Religious Courts * Alternative Visions of Syari'ah and State Responses in Malaysia * The PAS Codes * Sisters in Islam * State Responses * Brunei * Overview: Islamic Laws in Brunei: Sultan, Sovereignty and Syari'ah * Sources of Islamic Regulation in Brunei * Syari'ah Laws under Colonial Rule * Syari'ah Laws in Brunei after Independence * Fatawa and the State Mufti's Office * Non-Judicial Legal Institutions in Brunei * State Islamic Institutions * Regulation of Islamic Financial Institutions * Regulation of Islamic Education * The Religious Judiciary in Brunei * Syari'ah Courts and the Secular Judiciary: Jurisdictional Division * The Religious Courts * Judicial Decisions Making * Judicial Decision Making in the Religious Courts * Alternative Visions of Syari'ah and State Responses in Brunei * Syari'ah Political Movements * Bibliography * Index