Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Translation and Transliteration xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I Constitutions and the Making and Unmaking of Egyptian Nationalism
7. Chapter 1 Constitutions, National Culture, and Rethinking Islamism 15
8. Chapter 2 The Sharia as State Law 34
9. Chapter 3 Constitution Making in Egypt 61
10. Part II Recasting Islamic Law: Case Studies
11. Chapter 4 The Ulama, Religious Authority, and the State 85
12. Chapter 5 The “Divinely Revealed Religions” 117
13. Chapter 6 The Family Is the Basis of Society 148
14. Chapter 7 Judicial Autonomy and Inheritance 175
15. Conclusion 203
16. Notes 209
17. Bibliography 243
18. Index 259