Mohammad Hashim Kamali

Shariah Law

Questions and Answers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An illuminating introductory volume on a system of law that has often been characterised as backward and brutal by opponents in the West

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 144mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781786071507
• ISBN-10: 1786071509
• Artikelnr.: 47222388

Autorenporträt

Professor Dr Hashim Mohammad Kamali is the Dean of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC) at the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
 
I  Shariah and Fiqh - Meaning, Definition, Sources, Salient Features and
Comparisons with other Legal Systems
II  Legal Opinion (fatwa) and Independent Reasoning (Ijtihad)
III  Shariah and Acts of Worship (¿Ibadat)
IV  Schools of Islamic Law, the Madhhabs
V  The Scale of Five Values (al-Ahkam al-Khamsah)
VI  Shariah Court Proceedings, Evidence and Proof
VII  Shariah, Criminal Law and the Prescribed Hudud Punishments
VIII  Hudud in the Present-Day Muslim Countries
IX  Shariah, Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties
X  Jihad, Violence and War
XI  Shariah, Gender and Family
XII  Islamic Banking and Finance
XIII  Shariah and Private Property
XIV  Modern Bioethical and Environmental Questions
XV  Freedom of Religion and the Rights of Minorities
XVI  Goals and Purposes (Maqasid) of Shariah
XVII  Legal Maxims of Fiqh (Qawäid kulliyyah fiqhiyyah)
 
Qur'anic Verses, Hadith and Legal Maxims (in Original Arabic)
Bibliography
Glossary
Index