Tension &Transition in Muslim World
By Louay Safi
Tensions and Transitions in the Muslim World provides an alternative reading of Middle Eastern politics and political culture by focusing on the...
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The place of Islamic law (shari’a) in historical Muslim society is often misconstrued, mainly because the failure to understand how Islamic law related to both civil society and the state. This book examines how Islamic law was perceived by early Muslim scholars, particularly Islamic rationalists, and then shed light on the purpose and structure of both the state and political society.