Ever since 9/11, fears about the shari'a--Islamic law--have been
spreading. A word that originally conveyed nothing more sinister
than a direct path to water has become associated not with
salvation but with brutality and compulsion. And as the legal
historian and human rights lawyer Sadakat Kadri realized when he
began writing this book, we are all worse off for not knowing its
true meaning.
In "Heaven on Earth," Kadri recounts Islam's thrilling and
turbulent history with wit and precision and shows how fourteen
hundred years of tradition have been turned upside down in just
forty years by hard-line extremists. Traveling through more than
half a dozen countries, he explores how the shari'a is currently
perceived--by scholars, critics, and ordinary believers alike.
"Heaven on Earth "is a brilliantly iconoclastic tour through one
of humanity's great collective intellectual achievements. At a time
when the shari'a is shaping political crises and the lives of more
than a billion Muslims worldwide, Kadri clarifies the realities of
modern Islam--and helps us anticipate how it is going to look in
the future.
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