Islam and the Limits of the State

R. Michael Feener is Research Leader of the Religion and Globalization Research Cluster at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. His previous publications on Aceh include Shariʿa and Social Engineering, and (with Patrick Daly & Anthony Reid), Mapping the Acehnese Past, and From the Ground Up. David Kloos, Ph.D. (2013), is a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden and has conducted extensive historical and ethnographic research on Islam in Aceh. Annemarie Samuels, Ph.D. (2012), is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam and has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork on the post-tsunami reconstruction process in Aceh. Her work has been published previously in, amongst others, American Anthropologist and Anthropology Today.

"Islam and the Limits of the State is a must-read for anyone with an interest in contemporary Aceh, Islam and the state, Islamic legal systems in practice, and Islam and gender."Daniel Andrew Birchok in: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 172 (2016).

• List of ContributorsGlossaryIllustrationsPrefaceR. Michael Feener State Shari‘a and its limitsAnnemarie Samuels Hikmah and narratives of change: How different temporalities shape the present and the future in post-tsunami AcehDavid Kloos Sinning and ethical improvement in contemporary AcehKristina Großmann Women’s rights activists and the drafting process of the Islamic Criminal Law Code (Qanun Jinayat)Dina AfriantyLocal women’s NGOs and the reform of Islamic law in Aceh: The case of MISPIEka Srimulyani Teungku Inong Dayah: Female religious leaders in contemporary AcehReza Idria Muslim punks and state ShariʿaBenjamin Otto & Jan Michiel Otto Practices and perceptions of Shariʿa reinforcement in Banda Aceh: The Wilayatul Hisbah and local communitiesAntje Missbach“That is Jakarta’s project”: Views from the Acehnese diaspora on Shariʿa, self-determination and political conspiracyIndex