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The Mecelle, Sharia, and the Ottoman State: Fashioning and Refashioning of Islamic Law in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

7The Mecelle, Sharia, and the Ottoman State Fashioning and Refashioning of Islamic Law in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Samy Ayoub Introduction Contemporary Islamic legal scholarship is preoccupied with the relationship between pre-modern articulations of Sharia and its modern formulations in the context of positive legislation and the nation-state. A . . . Read more