Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law

by Khaled Abou El Fadl

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521793114
• ISBN13: 9780521793117
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"