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Heaven on Earth A Journey Through Shari`a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012Description: 372pISBN:
  • 9780374168728
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • SS81.4 K116
Partial contents:
Laying down the law ............19 From revelations to revolution ...............37 The formation of the law schools..............53 Commanding the faithful...................53 Commanding the faithful ....................71 The sunni challenge and the Shia`a Response ..................87 The cliphate destroyed: A shadowless God ...........107 The reinvention of Tradition : Salafism .................125 Jihad: A law-torn World ...........144 2. The present Innovation and its discontents : Islamic Law and the Challenge of Change .....................181 Punishment and pity: The modern revival of Islamic Criminal Law..............211 No Compulsion in Religion apostasy, blasphemy, and tolerance ....................237 Heaven on Earth ............262
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includes index and biblioraphy

Laying down the law ............19 From revelations to revolution ...............37 The formation of the law schools..............53 Commanding the faithful...................53 Commanding the faithful ....................71 The sunni challenge and the Shia`a Response ..................87 The cliphate destroyed: A shadowless God ...........107 The reinvention of Tradition : Salafism .................125 Jihad: A law-torn World ...........144 2. The present Innovation and its discontents : Islamic Law and the Challenge of Change .....................181 Punishment and pity: The modern revival of Islamic Criminal Law..............211 No Compulsion in Religion apostasy, blasphemy, and tolerance ....................237 Heaven on Earth ............262

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