Islam, Law and the State in the Philippines

该项目计划以菲律宾为案例研究，深入探讨一个具有全球意义但也与澳大利亚直接相关的问题：穆斯林少数群体如何利用伊斯兰教法寻求合法性和身份，以及冲突在这一过程中的作用。它还计划探讨他们对现代民族国家法律的制度的反对。该项目的目的是提供一个全面的当代说明，既说明在菲律宾适用伊斯兰法的国家制度，也说明穆斯林少数民族发展的替代制度，这些穆斯林少数民族使用暴力试图脱离该国，并威胁到区域安全。

Using the Philippines as a case study, the project plans to offer insights into a question that is of global significance but also of direct relevance to Australia: how Muslim minorities use sharî’a in their search for legitimacy and identity and the role of conflict in that process. It also plans to explore their opposition to the legal systems of modern nation states. The project aims to provide a thorough contemporary description of both the state system for the application of Islamic law in the Philippines and alternative systems developed by Muslim minorities who have used violence in their efforts to secede from that state, and have threatened regional security.