Book of Donmon Teith

Islamic law (the Shari'a) and its application is a central issue in contemporary Islamic politics and culture. Starting from modern concerns, this book examines

Focuses on a Muslim legal science known in Arabic as usul al-fiqh. Whereas the kindred science of fiqh is concerned with the articulation of actual rules of law

Perhaps no other Western writer has more deeply probed the bitter struggle in the Muslim world between the forces of religion and law and those of violence and

The contrast between religion and law has been continuous throughout Muslim history. Islamic law has always existed in a tension between these two forces: God,

"Government and law in the early Islamic world looks at how Islamic societies chose their leaders, set up and developed rules and regulations for everyday life,