Islamic Statehood and Maqasid al-Shariah in Malaysia: A Zero-Sum Game? Tibet creating a sort of buffer

creating a sort of buffer corridor

and an excellent addition to any reference collection on Southeast Asia

Wirdati Mohammad Radzi

of International Business

Stuart-Fox

Islamic Statehood and Maqasid al-Shariah in Malaysia: A Zero-Sum Game? Tibet creating a sort of bufferKim Beng Phar Debates on the establishment of an Islamic state in Malaysia generally occur across partisan divides, promoting a reductionist version of Islam as a force to punish and police Muslims day to day behavior. The process takes place without regard for the essential concept of Islamic jurisprudence, maqasid al Shariah, which can be literally translated as the objectives of Islamic law. Islamic jurisprudence, the author explains, is dynamic,