DEBATING THE ISLAMIC SHARI'A IN 21-super-st-CENTURY EGYPT

By Nathan J. Brown

The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 2012, vol. 10, issue 4, 9-17

Abstract: In Egypt, over the course of the 20th century, the shari'a moved from a specialized discourse for religiously-trained scholars to a subject of a very contentious political debate. As the 20th century closed, the contention subsided, but that apparent consensus did not prevent deep differences from emerging, and those have become especially clear in recent years. Egypt's post-revolutionary political environment has already begun to revolve in part around debates about the shari'a. The differences center less on the shari'a's content and more on interpretive authority: who has the qualifications to interpret the shari'a and which parts of it (and whose interpretations) should be legally binding.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2012.739887

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