Shari’a, Inshallah: Finding God in Somali Legal Politics
Shari’a, Inshallah: Finding God in Somali Legal Politics by Mark Fathi Massoud (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021). Reviewed by…
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Review Essay: On the State of the Shari’a
“What has all this Law to do with real life?,” asked the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (d. 1936) as…
Book Review: Violence and Vengeance: Religious Conflict and its Aftermath in Eastern Indonesia
Violence broke out in the Moluccas Islands of eastern Indonesia during the anxious aftermath of Suharto’s New Order regime…
God’s Gangs: Barrio Ministry, Masculinity, and Gang Recovery
God’s Gangs by sociologist Edward Orozco Flores examines how members of Latino street gangs in Los Angeles are leaving gangs…
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 