The Application of Islamic Criminal Law in Pakistan : Sharia in Practice (Brill's Arab and Islamic Laws Series, Volume 2)

✍ Scribed by Tahir Wasti

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 429
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

No legal system in the world has aroused as much public interest as Sharia. However, the discourse around Sharia law is largely focussed on its development and the theories, principles and rules that inform it. Less attention has been given to studying the consequences of its operation, particularly in the area of Islamic criminal law. Even fewer studies explore the actual practice of Islamic criminal law in contemporary societies. This book aims to fill these gaps in our understanding of Sharia law in practice. It deals specifically with the consequences of enforcing Islamic criminal law in Pakistan, providing an in-depth and critical analysis of the application of the Islamic law of Qisas and Diyat (retribution and blood money) in the Muslim world today. The empirical evidence adduced more broadly demonstrates the complications of applying traditional Sharia in a modern state.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 14
INTRODUCTION......Page 22
CHAPTER ONE......Page 38
CHAPTER TWO......Page 78
CHAPTER THREE......Page 120
CHAPTER FOUR......Page 164
CHAPTER FIVE......Page 186
CHAPTER SIX......Page 260
CHAPTER SEVEN......Page 304
APPENDIX A......Page 310
APPENDIX B......Page 320
APPENDIX C......Page 336
APPENDIX D......Page 349
APPENDIX E......Page 375
APPENDIX F......Page 386
APPENDIX G......Page 397
APPENDIX H......Page 399
APPENDIX I......Page 401
APPENDIX J......Page 406
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 408
INDEX......Page 424