Khurram Dara

Contracting Fear (eBook, ePUB)

Islamic Law in the Middle East and Middle America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498204132
• Artikelnr.: 55268168

Autorenporträt

Khurram T. Dara is an attorney from New York. He is the author of The Crescent Directive: An Essay on Improving the Image of Islam in America (2011). His writing has been featured on CNN.com, The Washington Post online, and HuffPost Religion. Dara is a graduate of Emory University and Columbia Law School.