Why do Muslim-majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of
socio-economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet T. Kuru criticizes …

This lecture sets out to demystify the topic of legal pluralism by examining the relationship
between legal pluralism, normative pluralism, and general normative theory from a global …

Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the
experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes …

Indonesia has probably the fastest changing legal system in the Muslim world. This
ethnographic account of legal pluralism in the post-conflict and disaster situation in Aceh …

This research-undertaken from a comparative perspective with a view to identifying any
patterns followed by Islamic countries in making declarations and reservations to the main …

The question of why some countries have democratic regimes and others do not is a
significant issue in comparative politics. This book looks at India and Pakistan, two countries …

With the revival of Islamic law and adat (customary) law in the country, this book investigates
the history and phenomenon of legal pluralism in Indonesia. It looks at how the ideal of …

For decades, Turkish Islamists have failed to attract the votes of large sections of society and
remained marginal. As a result of this failure to come to power, and due to domestic and …

Islam has become a part of the landscape of European societies and has been high on
public, political, policy and academic agendas for some time now. Estimates speak of more …

This article evaluates the Turkish state's relations with the Alevi community through a
securitization theory framework. It first examines the issue in its historical context, comparing …