Book contents
- Democracy Under God
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Democracy Under God
- Copyright page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Citations
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- 3 Constitutional Islamization and Islamic Supremacy Clauses
- 4 Case Studies
- Part III
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Constitutional Islamization and Islamic Supremacy Clauses
from Part II
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
- Democracy Under God
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Democracy Under God
- Copyright page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Citations
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- 3 Constitutional Islamization and Islamic Supremacy Clauses
- 4 Case Studies
- Part III
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 3 deals with Islamic supremacy clauses, source of law clauses, and repugnancy clauses, which are present in almost half of all Muslim countries’ constitutions. Islamic supremacy clauses subjugate all lawmaking to Islam, shari‘a, or Islamic precepts. This chapter traces the origins and incidence of these clauses – by finding their birth in British colonial law – and traces their relationship to demography, geography, colonial history, and human rights provisions.
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- Democracy under GodConstitutions, Islam and Human Rights in the Muslim World, pp. 75 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023