Sharia and National Law in Muslim Countries. Tensions and Opportunies for Dutch and EU Foreign Policy

• Autore principale: Otto, Jan Michiel (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Leiden University Press 2008
• Serie: Law, Governance, and Development
• Soggetti: Law & society; islamic world; sharia; foreign politics; sociology law; Human rights; Muslim world; Rule of law
• Accesso online: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The relationship between 'Islam and the West' has become a central issue in international relations. Recently, an overwhelmingly negative view of sharia has developed in the West, in response to reported events, notably in Iran and Saudi Arabia, to terrorist attacks by Islamists, and also...