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Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia (Paperback)
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Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia (Paperback)
Series: Islamic Civilization & Muslim Networks
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Beginning in the late eighteenth century, British rule transformed
the relationship between law, society, and the state in South Asia.
But qazis and muftis, alongside ordinary people without formal
training in law, fought back as the colonial system in India
sidelined Islamic legal experts. They petitioned the East India
Company for employment, lobbied imperial legislators for
recognition, and built robust institutions to serve their
communities. By bringing legal debates into the public sphere, they
resisted the colonial state's authority over personal law and
rejected legal codification by embracing flexibility and
possibility. With postcards, letters, and telegrams, they made
everyday Islamic law vibrant and resilient and challenged the
hegemony of the Anglo-Indian legal system. Following these
developments from the beginning of the Raj through independence,
Elizabeth Lhost rejects narratives of stagnation and decline to
show how an unexpected coterie of scholars, practitioners, and
ordinary individuals negotiated the contests and challenges of
colonial legal change. The rich archive of unpublished fatwa files,
qazi notebooks, and legal documents they left behind chronicles
their efforts to make Islamic law relevant for everyday life, even
beyond colonial courtrooms and the confines of family law. Lhost
shows how ordinary Muslims shaped colonial legal life and how their
diversity and difference have contributed to contemporary debates
about religion, law, pluralism, and democracy in South Asia and
beyond.
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