Law and Society in Islam

by Devin J. Stewart, Amy Singer, Baber Johansen

This book covers significant themes explaining the practice of Islamic law.

The first essay treats taqiyyah (literally, "caution"), the concealment of one's religion when to reveal it would incur danger, which is based on a Koranic passage. The author provides not only a legal and religious analysis of taqiyyah, but also, through the detailed examination of a prominent sixteenth-century Shiite scholar and cleric, reveals a complex pattern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558761233
• ISBN13: 9781558761230
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"