Understanding Sharia - 9781788313193

Understanding ShariaIslamic Law in a Globalised World\nAuthor(s): Raficq S. Abdulla, Mohamed M. Keshavjee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: I.B. Tauris\nISBN-13: 9781788313193, 978-1788313193\nSynopsis\n[url] in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies\n\nSharia has been a source of misunderstanding and misconception in both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds. Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World sets out to explore the reality of sharia, contextualising its development in the early centuries of Islam and showing how it evolved in line with historical and social circumstances. The authors, Raficq S. Abdulla and Mohamed M. Keshavjee, both British-trained lawyers, argue that sharia and the positive law flowing from it, known as fiqh, have never been an exclusive legal system or a fixed set of beliefs. \nIn addition to tracing the history of sharia, the book offers a critique concerning its status today. Sharia .