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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
Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World
by Sadakat Kadri
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Some fourteen hundred years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated Gods law—the shari‘a—its earthly interpreters are still arguing about what it means. Hard-liners reduce it to am­putations, veiling, holy war, and... (read more)

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Sharī'a: Theory, Practice, Transformations
Sharī'a: Theory, Practice, Transformations
by Wael B. Hallaq
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In recent years, Islamic law, or Shari'a, has been appropriated as a tool of modernity in the Muslim world and in the West and has become highly politicised in consequence. Wael Hallaq's magisterial overview of Shari'a sets the record straight by... (read more)

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Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Law in Modern Indonesia
Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Law in Modern Indonesia
by Arskal Salim
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Arskal Salim is senior lecturer at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) in Jakarta.... (read more)

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The Ḥanbalī School of Law and Ibn Taymiyyah: Conflict or Conciliation
The Ḥanbalī School of Law and Ibn Taymiyyah: Conflict or Conciliation
by ʻAbd al-Hạkīm ibn Ibrāhīm Matṛūdī
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In this book, the life of the 14th century jurist Ibn Taymiyyah and his position within Hanbali tradition is analysed. It is an original piece of research, taking into consideration the issues involved in madhhab affilation and Hanbali fiqh.... (read more)

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Theory and Practice of Modern Islamic Finance: The Case Analysis from Australia
Theory and Practice of Modern Islamic Finance: The Case Analysis from Australia
by Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad
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Theory and Practice of Modern Islamic Finance seeks to contribute to the existing body of work in the area of Islamic finance through examining the extent of divergence in practice of Islamic financing from the traditional Shariah in the Australian... (read more)

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Islam: Questions And Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 1
Islam: Questions And Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 1
by Muhammad Abdul-Rahman, Saed
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This book, Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 1, is the twenty-second volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And Answers. This volume concentrates on Spending on those under one's... (read more)

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Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 5
Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 5
by Muhammad Saed Abdul-rahman
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This book, Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 5, is the twenty-sixth volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And Answers.This Volume deals with Divorce, Waiting Period of Widow or... (read more)

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Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 8
Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 8
by Muhammad Saed Abdul-rahman
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This book, Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 8, is the twenty-ninth volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And Answers.This Volume deals with Employment for a Salary, Insurance, Blood... (read more)

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Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 2
Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 2
by Muhammad Saed Abdul-rahman
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This book, Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 2, is the twenty-third volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And Answers.This Volume deals with Marriage, Rights of spouses, Dowry... (read more)

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The Unfamiliar Abode: Islamic Law in the United States and Britain
The Unfamiliar Abode: Islamic Law in the United States and Britain
by Kathleen M. Moore
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Today there are more Muslims living in diaspora than at any time in history. This situation was not envisioned by Islamic law, which makes no provision for permanent as opposed to transient diasporic communities. Western Muslims are therefore faced with... (read more)

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Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings (Part 1)
Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings (Part 1)
by Muhammad Saed Abdul-rahman
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This book, Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 1, is the twenty-second volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And Answers.This Volume deals with Spending on those under one's... (read more)

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Voices of Islam in Southeast Asia: A Contemporary Sourcebook
Voices of Islam in Southeast Asia: A Contemporary Sourcebook
by Greg Fealy
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The Muslim communities of Southeast Asia are diverse, complex and increasingly influential in the broader Islamic world. However, the extraordinary breadth of practices and views across the Muslim world is not widely understood outside the region, often... (read more)

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Reading the Islamic City
Reading the Islamic City
by Akel Kahera
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Themes in Islamic Law #1: The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
Themes in Islamic Law #1: The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
by Wael B. Hallaq
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Covering more than three centuries of legal history, this study presents an important account of how Islam developed its own law from ancient Near Eastern legal cultures, Arabian customary law and Quranic reform. The book explores the interplay between... (read more)

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Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law
Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law
by Wael B. Hallaq
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In this path-breaking new book, the author shows how authority guaranteed both continuity and change in Islamic law. Hallaq demonstrates that it was the construction of the absolutist authority of the school founder, an image which he suggests was... (read more)

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Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 4
Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 4
by Muhammad Saed Abdul-rahman
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This book, Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 4, is the twenty-fifth volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And Answers.This Volume deals with Invalid Marriages, Women Who are Forbidden... (read more)

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Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 6
Islam: Questions and Answers - Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: Transactions - Part 6
by Muhammad Saed Abdul-rahman
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This book, Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings: General and Transactions - Part 6, is the twenty-seventh volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled Islam: Questions And Answers.This Volume deals with Business and Finance, Copyrights, Taxes,... (read more)

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Theory and Practice of Modern Islamic Finance: The Case Analysis from Australia
Theory and Practice of Modern Islamic Finance: The Case Analysis from Australia
by Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad
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Theory and Practice of Modern Islamic Finance seeks to contribute to the existing body of work in the area of Islamic finance through examining the extent of divergence in practice of Islamic financing from the traditional Shariah in the Australian... (read more)

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Being a Roman Citizen
Being a Roman Citizen
by Jane F. Gardner
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This is a book about Roman law for Roman historians. It reveals that the rules stated baldly in legal textbooks had a real and active function in maintaining the fabric of Roman society. Besides legal texts and literary sources, the book makes use of... (read more)

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A History of Islamic Law
A History of Islamic Law
by Noel J. Coulson
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Lawyers, according to Edmund Burke, are bad historians. He was referring to an unwillingness, rather than an inaptitude, on the part of early nineteenth-century English lawyers to concern themselves with the past: for contemporary jurisprudence was a... (read more)

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