Islamic Statehood and Maqasid al-Shariah in Malaysia: A Zero-Sum Game? Tibet monographs

monographs

and political ecology

École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO)

Arskal Salim

Wirdati Mohammad Radzi

Islamic Statehood and Maqasid al-Shariah in Malaysia: A Zero-Sum Game? Tibet monographsKim Beng Phar Debates on the establishment of an Islamic state in Malaysia generally occur across partisan divides, promoting a reductionist version of Islam as a force to punish and police Muslims day to day behavior. The process takes place without regard for the essential concept of Islamic jurisprudence, maqasid al Shariah, which can be literally translated as the objectives of Islamic law. Islamic jurisprudence, the author explains, is dynamic,