ERC Advanced Grant · 2023
European colonialism’s encounter with Islamic law or Sharia, the main pillar of the pre-colonial legal systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has had a tremendous impact until today. The implementation of modern European-style legal systems has led, as some scholars claim, to the abolishment of Sharia. Others consider the legal changes through which Muslim societies have transited as a sign of Sharia’s flexibility rather than its demise. The principal question this project addresses is: How was Sharia transformed by colonialism? The question mark in the project title “(De)Colonizing Sharia?” allows us to deliberately leave open the extent of the continuities, changes or…
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