Shari''ah Law: an Introduction
Providing a comprehensive and accessible examination of Shari'ah Law, this well considered introduction examines the sources, characteristic features and various schools of thought of a system often stereotyped for its severity in the West. In a progressive and graduated fashion, Mohammad Hashim Kamali discusses topics ranging from juristic disagreement to independent reasoning. Also broaching more advanced topics such as the principle of legality and the role and place of Shari'ah-oriented pol…
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Providing a comprehensive and accessible examination of Shari'ah Law, this well considered introduction examines the sources, characteristic features and various schools of thought of a system often stereotyped for its severity in the West. In a progressive and graduated fashion, Mohammad Hashim Kamali discusses topics ranging from juristic disagreement to independent reasoning. Also broaching more advanced topics such as the principle of legality and the role and place of Shari'ah-oriented policy, Kamali controversially questions whether Islam is as much of a law-based religion as it has of.
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oneworld Publications
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (588 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781780740379, 1780740379, 1851685650, 9781851685653
- oclc:ocn891448177
- LC Classification:KBP144
- Dewey Decimal:340.5/9
Table of Contents
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Nature, Sources and Objectives of Shari'ah; 3. Characteristic Features of Shari'ah; 4. The Leading Schools of Law (Madhahib); 5. Disagreement (Ikhtilaf) and Pluralism in Shari'ah; 6. Goals and Purposes (Maqasid) of Shari'ah: History and Methodology; 7. Legal Maxims of Fiqh (Qawa'id al-Kulliyyah al-Fiqhiyyah); 8. Independent Reasoning (Ijtihad) and Juristic Opinion (Fatwa); 9. Shari'ah and the Principle of Legality; 10. Democracy, Fundamental Rights and the Shari'ah.
11. Beyond the Shari'ah: An Analysis of Shari'ah-oriented Policy (Siyasah Shar'iyyah)12. Adaptation and Reform; 13. Reflections on Some Challenging Issues; Conclusion; Bibliography; Glossary; General index; Index of Arabic quotations.
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