Providing a comprehensive and accessible examination of Shari ah Law, this well considered introduction examines the sources, characteristic features and various schools of thought of a system often stereotyped for its severity in the West. In a progressive and graduated fashion, Mohammad Hashim Kamali discusses topics ranging from juristic disagreement to independent reasoning. Also broaching more advanced topics such as the principle of legality and the role and place of Shari ah-oriented policy, Kamali controversially questions whether Islam is as much of a law-based religion as it has...