Heaven on earth : a journey through shari'a law

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 societ

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kadri, Sadakat (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : The Bodley Head , c2011
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300 |a xx, 332 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-316) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Laying down the law -- 2. From revelations to revolution -- 3. The formation of law schools -- 4. Commanding the faithful -- 5. The sunni challenge and the shi'a response -- 6. The caliphate destroyed: a shadowless god -- 7. The reinvention of tradition: salafism -- 8. Jihad: a law-torn world -- 9. Innovation and its discontents: Islamic law and the challenge of change -- 10. Punishment and pity: the modern revival of Islamic criminal law -- 11. 'No compulsion in religion'? apostasy, blasphemy and tolerance -- 12. Heaven on earth 
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