Forbidding Wrong in Islam : An Introduction


Michael. Cook
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2003
Omfang
1 online resource (201 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The elements of the duty of forbidding wrong; CHAPTER 3 How is wrong to be forbidden?; CHAPTER 4 When is one unable to forbid wrong?; CHAPTER 5 What about privacy?; CHAPTER 6 The state as an agent of forbidding wrong; CHAPTER 7 The state as an agent of wrongdoing; CHAPTER 8 Is anyone against forbidding wrong?; CHAPTER 9 What was forbidding wrong like in practice?; CHAPTER 10 What has changed for the Sunnis in modern times?; CHAPTER 11 What has changed for the Imamis in modern times?. - CHAPTER 12 Do non-Islamic cultures have similar values?CHAPTER 13 Do we have a similar value?; Index. - This book represents an abridgement of Michael Cook's magisterial study that reflected upon the Islamic injunction to forbid wrongdoing. Using stories from Islamic sources for his argument, Cook unravels the complexities of the subject. The book educates and entertains, but at its heart is an important message about Islam and its values.
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Dewey
ISBN
0521536022. - 0521829135

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