Recasting Islamic Law: Religion and the Nation State in Egyptian Constitution Making

Abstract

European context, but also particularly within the North American one. Often, policy circles seem to suggest that multiculturalism is disdained for its increased emphasis on racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, yet that is not the full motivation according to Demir. She argues that an emphasis on diversity has made it possible for the diaspora to talk back against the metropole, which is seen as a path for minorities to weaken the White nationalist, hegemonic, and supremacist understanding of the power structure. In fact, this book relates to the notion of racializing White working class communities as the main groups that are being left behind, rather than utilizing class and the experiences with empire to identify socio-economic marginalization for many diverse groups.Diaspora as translation and decolonization is exceptionally thought-provoking, as Demir’s work encourages new productive pathways for scholars interested in rethinking decolonizing activities and translations among diasporas.