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a journey through shariʻa law

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An edition of HEAVEN ON EARTH (2011)

Heaven on earth

a journey through shariʻa law

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Almost 1400 years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God's law - the sharia - its earthly interpreters are still arguing over what it means. Hardliners reduce it to amputations, veiling, holy war and stonings. Others say that it is humanity's only guarantee of a just society.

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Bodley Head
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English
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332

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Islamic law, Islam, history, Popular works, New York Times reviewed, History, Natural law, Religious aspects

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HEAVEN ON EARTH
Jan 03, 2013, Vintage
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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
Apr 09, 2013, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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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
2012, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law
2012, Penguin Random House
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Heaven on earth: a journey through shariʻa law
2011, Bodley Head
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Table of Contents

Laying down the law
From revelations to revolution
The formation of the law schools
Commanding the faithful
The Sunni challenge and the Shiʻa response
The caliphate destroyed: a shadowless God
The reinvention of tradition: salafism
Jihad: a law-torn world
Innovation and its discontents: Islamic law and the challenge of change
Punishment and pity: the modern revival of Islamic criminal law
"No compulsion in religion'? Apostasy, blasphemy and tolerance
Heaven on earth.

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Includes bibliographical references ([p. 299]-316) and index.

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A journey through shariʻa law

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Dewey Decimal Class
340.59
Library of Congress
KBP440.32 .K33 2011, KBP50 .K33 2011

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Pagination
xx, 332 pages
Number of pages
332

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OL39213152M
Internet Archive
heavenonearthjou0000kadr_b3e9
ISBN 10
1847920160, 1847920179
ISBN 13
9781847920164, 9781847920171
OCLC/WorldCat
670282592, 751861299

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