Arif A Jamal
Biographic Data
| ID | 5696236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arif A Jamal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arif A |
| FAMILY NAME | Jamal |
| SIGNATURE | JAMAL A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
For the times they are a-changin
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Religious Pluralism and the Challenge for Secularism
This essay introduces the Special Issue of the Journal. It discusses how changing religious demographics and heightened religious plurality are challenging existing thinking about, and patterns of, state-religion relations and the nature of the ‘secular state’. The essay briefly surveys each of the papers in the Special Issue and highlights that one of the key lessons that emerges from the papers is the importance of context. As the contexts evol…
Authority and Plurality in Muslim Legal Traditions
Thoughtful commentators on Islamic law often point out that Islamic law exhibits great interpretational diversity. Typically, this plurality is evidenced by the range of opinions or articulations of the rule in the face of any question or issue. At the level of sources, accounts of Islamic law have often emphasized the reliance on a set of major sources or roots of law, with other lesser sources. Scholarly works have acknowledged that matters are…
Considering Freedom of Religion in a Post-Secular Context
The value of freedom of religion as a stand-alone right is being discussed and challenged a great deal today. Freedom of religion is impugned as being impossible to apply, or redundant because it is replaceable by other rights or resting on an outdated special status for religion that is no longer justified. Framing these debates is the context of post-secularism’ that both challenges old frameworks and highlights increasing social and religious …
Religious Authority and Constitutional Order
This paper discusses the interpretation of the Constitution of the Shia Imami Ismailis via the constitutionally established institutions of the Conciliation and Arbitration Boards (CABs). It views the Constitution as a variety of non-scriptural “religious text” and discusses the social and historical context of the community, the Constitution and the CABs. The paper argues that the structure and operation of the CABs are designed to balance diver…
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Religious Authority and Constitutional Order
This paper discusses the interpretation of the Constitution of the Shia Imami Ismailis via the constitutionally established institutions of the Conciliation and Arbitration Boards (CABs). It views the Constitution as a variety of non-scriptural “religious text” and discusses the social and historical context of the community, the Constitution and the CABs. The paper argues that the structure and operation of the CABs are designed to balance diver…
Considering Freedom of Religion in a Post-Secular Context
The value of freedom of religion as a stand-alone right is being discussed and challenged a great deal today. Freedom of religion is impugned as being impossible to apply, or redundant because it is replaceable by other rights or resting on an outdated special status for religion that is no longer justified. Framing these debates is the context of post-secularism’ that both challenges old frameworks and highlights increasing social and religious …
Religious Pluralism and the Challenge for Secularism
This essay introduces the Special Issue of the Journal. It discusses how changing religious demographics and heightened religious plurality are challenging existing thinking about, and patterns of, state-religion relations and the nature of the ‘secular state’. The essay briefly surveys each of the papers in the Special Issue and highlights that one of the key lessons that emerges from the papers is the importance of context. As the contexts evol…
Authority and Plurality in Muslim Legal Traditions
Thoughtful commentators on Islamic law often point out that Islamic law exhibits great interpretational diversity. Typically, this plurality is evidenced by the range of opinions or articulations of the rule in the face of any question or issue. At the level of sources, accounts of Islamic law have often emphasized the reliance on a set of major sources or roots of law, with other lesser sources. Scholarly works have acknowledged that matters are…
For the times they are a-changin
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