Policing Muslim communities : comparative international context /

Policing Muslim communities : comparative international context /

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"Recently the Islamic world is undergoing political crisis and social unrest in no small measure due to conflict between traditionalism and modernism. At the center of this contention is the role of Sharia in Muslim society and the keeping of order. With this global discourse in mind, [this boo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hakeem, Farrukh B
Other Authors: Haberfeld, M. R (Maria R.), 1957-, Verma, Arvind
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, c2012
New York : [2012]
Subjects:
Community policing
Islamic law
Islamic sociology
Muslims > Non-Islamic countries
Police > Islamic countries
Police-community relations > Islamic countries
Police-community relations
Muslims
Police
Islamic countries
Non-Islamic countries
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Criminology
Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law
Social sciences
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : policing by religion
  • The concept of punishment under sharia
  • Policing muslims in Western democracies
  • Human rights and Islamic law
  • Police and the administration of justice in medieval India
  • Policing the Muslim community in India
  • Policing minorities in the Arab world
  • Policing Muslims in a "combat/peace" environment : the case of "policing by religion" in Israel
  • Conclusions : pathways towards an equity and parity in policing

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