Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and Their Fatwas

by David S. Powers

For more than a millenium, fatwas have guided and shaped Muslim understandings of Islamic law. The whole world knows of Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa in the Salman Rushdi case, yet this key institution... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674468708
• ISBN13: 9780674468702
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 431 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"