TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abdul Rauf,Feisal
TI  - Defining Islamic statehood: measuring and indexing contemporary Muslim states
SN  - 9781137446800 (hardback)
U1  - 320.557 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave
KW  - Islam and state
KW  - State, The
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / General
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / Law
N1  - Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction --
 PART I: DEFINING AN ISLAM STATE AND RULE OF LAW -- 1. Shariah and the Objectives of Islamic Law -- 2. Islamic State: Foundations -- 3. Characteristics of Islamic Governance: The Scholars' Consensus -- 4. Defining the Maqasid for Measurement --
 PART II: DEVELOPING AN INDEX OF MEASURING NATIONS -- 5. Indexing the Maqasid -- 6. The Maqasid Index -- PART III: SIP SCHOLARS SPEAK ON KEY CHALLENGES IN ISLAMIC GOVERNANCE -- 7. Practical Applications of Islamic Law in Government and the Judiciary -- 8. Human Rights and Islamic Governance -- 9. The Maqasid, Reform and Renewal
ER  -