Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law (Hardcover)

Khaled Abou El Fadl's book represents the first systematic examination of the idea and treatment of political resistance and rebellion in Islamic law. Pre-modern jurists produced an extensive and sophisticated discourse on the legality of rebellion and the treatment due to rebels under Islamic law. The book examines the emergence and development of these discourses from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, and considers juristic responses to the various terror-inducing strategies employed by rebels--including assassination, stealth attacks and rape. The study demonstrates how Muslim jurists went about restructuring several competing doctrinal sources in order to construct a highly technical discourse on rebellion. Indeed many of these rulings may have a profound influence on contempoary practices. This is an important and challenging book which sheds light on the complexities of Islamic law, and pre-modern attitudes to dissidence and rebellion.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Khaled Abou El Fadl
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	404
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-79311-7
Categories:	Books > Law > Other areas of law > Islamic law Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	0-521-79311-4
Barcode:	9780521793117

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