Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: A Fresh Interpretation

by Mohammad Hashim Kamali

In Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: A Fresh Interpretation, Mohammad Kamali considers problems associated with and proposals for reform of the hudud punishments prescribed by Islamic criminal law, and other topics related to crime and punishment in Shariah. He examines what the Qur'an and hadith say about hudud punishments, as well as just retaliation (qisas), and discretionary punishments (ta'zir), and looks at modern-day applications of Islamic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019091064X
• ISBN13: 9780190910648
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"