Heaven on earth
Subtitle: a journey through shariʻa law
By: Sadakat Kadri
Publisher: Bodley Head
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781847920164; 9781847920171
Subjects: Islamic law; Popular works; Natural law; Religious aspects; Droit islamique; Ouvrages de vulgarisation; Droit naturel; Aspect religieux; Advice and Rights; Recht; Islam; Rechtsverständnis; Interpretation and construction
Other titles: A journey through shariʻa law
Description: Almost 1400 years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God's law - the sharia - its earthly interpreters are still arguing over what it means. Hardliners reduce it to amputations, veiling, holy war and stonings. Others say that it is humanity's only guarantee of a just society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([p. 299]-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: Laying down the law; title: From revelations to revolution; title: The formation of the law schools; title: Commanding the faithful; title: The Sunni challenge and the Shiʻa response; title: The caliphate destroyed: a shadowless God; title: The reinvention of tradition: salafism; title: Jihad: a law-torn world; title: Innovation and its discontents: Islamic law and the challenge of change; title: Punishment and pity: the modern revival of Islamic criminal law; title: "No compulsion in religion'? Apostasy, blasphemy and tolerance; title: Heaven on earth.