"This engagingly written study illuminates the workings of Islamic
courts and the politics and meanings of Muslim identity in one of
Asia's most important 'new tigers.' While elucidating the dynamics
of Muslim families and family law, Peletz provides dazzling
insights into Malay-Muslim subjectivities and notions of gender,
sexuality, and modernity. The result is an intellectual tour de
force that should be read by anyone and everyone interested in
Islam, democracy, civil society, and the thorny question of just
what, in political and sexual terms, it means to be
modern."--Robert W. Hefner, author of "Civil Islam"
"With one out of five people in the world subject to Islamic law
this important study of the Malaysian variant is a genuine
milestone in our understanding of Muslim law and society. It
challenges our appreciation of the power relations between men and
women and of the politics of law in building a modern state. This
is law not on the books but in daily life. The insights afforded
here are central to the broader role Islamic law is playing in the
lives of the whole world."--Lawrence Rosen, Princeton
University
"This is at once Michael Peletz's most sophisticated and most
ambitious book. He is concerned with at least three huge projects:
the Islamic resurgence, the Islamic legal system, and cultural
politics. This is an evocative, often brilliant book that shows how
cosmopolitan politics engineered from Kuala Lumpur have produced a
contradictory notion of Asian values that poses an opaque but
imminent danger."--Bruce Lawrence, author of "Shattering the Myth:
Islam Beyond Violence"
"Based on impressive fieldwork and archival research, this is
the first full-lengthtreatment of Islamic courts in contemporary
Malaysia. It makes the important point that, far from being
antiquated and out of touch, Islamic courts are helping to make a
'modern' Malaysia."--James Piscatori, coeditor of "Muslim
Politics"
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