Applying the Sharī’ah in Modern Societies: Main Developments and Issues

یادداشت: عنوان فارسی: اعمال شریعت در جوامع مدرن: تحولات و مسائل اصلی.
This paper deals with the place of the shar┘‘ah in modern Muslim societies and
communities. It attempts to identify the main developments in the
relationship between Islamic law and Muslim societies in modern times, the
models of application of the shar┘‘ah that have been developed, and some of
the issues relating to the calls for the implementation of the shar┘‘ah which
were articulated during the last decades of the 20th century. Discussion of
these issues is preceded by a clarification of the meaning of the key concepts
relevant to the subject.