Egyptian law’s success proves its compatibility with sharia

Evidence

The distinction Hajja Faiza makes between acts of worship Cibadat) and those actions pertaining to social transactions ( mueamalat) has been part of the Islamic juridical tradition since at least the tenth century. In the modern period, although shari ea proce.. dures ( those moral discourses and legal procedures sometimes glossed as “Is.. lamic law”) were unevenly applied in Egypt, most acts in the category of mu\imalat came to be regulated by civil law, giving the distinction between worship and social transactions a new valence and institutional force. As was the case with most non..Western nations, Egypt adopted a European legal code ( the French code) in the mid.- neteenth century, thereby restricting the application of Islamic law to matters pertaining to family law and pious en.. dowments (Hill 1 987 ). — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 326 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islam proved compatible with every major polity and economic form in history. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 277; Egyptian law is compatible with sharia despite European derivation; Egyptian independence hinged on proving moral compatibility with western Europe — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 711 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Egypt’s mid-nineteenth-century adoption of French civil law restricted shari’a to family law #complicates (0.82) — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 326