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Contracting Fear: Islamic Law in the Middle East and Middle America

Contracting Fear: Islamic Law in the Middle East and Middle America

Dara, Khurram

Hardcover

Islam

Publisher Price: $40.00

ISBN10: 1498204147
ISBN13: 9781498204149
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: Oct 22 2015
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
If you've ever read a news story about radical Islam, you've probably seen sharia law mentioned. But for something that is becoming increasingly prevalent in political rhetoric, it's hard to believe how little most people actually know about Islamic law. In this concise and instructive book, Khurram Dara explains not only the history and origins of Islamic law but also the interesting role it has played in the politics of the Middle East and Middle America. Challenging the conventional wisdom that Islamic law is rigid and permanent, Dara argues that the political and cultural realities of its formation suggest otherwise and should change how Islamic law is thought of and discussed in both the East and the West. Combining religious history with legal analysis, Contracting Fear explains Islamic law in the context of the global political climate today.

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