Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Approaching Islamic Law

PART 1.  Following the Law

CHAPTER 1.  Going to Court: Everyday Life in a Muslim Court

CHAPTER 2.  Why Do Women Usually Win in Muslim Family Law Courts?

CHAPTER 3.  Parallel Worlds: Shadow Law and Political Culture in Morocco

CHAPTER 4.  Back to the Future? Muslim-Jewish Partnerships

PART 2.  Justice in an Imperfect World

CHAPTER 5.  The Culture of Corruption in the Arab World

CHAPTER 6.  Justice and the “Arab Spring”: A Guide to the Arab Street

CHAPTER 7.  Will the Middle Class Save the Middle East?

CHAPTER 8.  Trying Terror: Zacarias Moussaoui and His Culture on Trial

EPILOGUE: The Rule of Law or the Rule of Justice?

Notes

Bibliography

Index