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Between God and the Sultan: A History of Islamic Law Knut S. Vikor, Knut S. Vikr
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

And even in Britain we are We need to point to history to show violent sectarianism is not inevitable. May 21, 2014 - Part of this is because, in the absence of a caliph, only defensive jihad is currently permitted under Sunni Islamic law. Feb 18, 2014 - For me, this is something of a home from home – not only because it is a symbol of the faith I hold so dearly, Islam, but because its construction was partly down to a British company! €�The Dangers of Legitimising Muslim Grievances”by Daniel Greenfield “Sultan Knish”. May 16, 2014 - Apparently Tahra entertained the pious Muslim hope–a particularly important impetus under the code of Maliki Islamic Law predominant in Morocco–to convert infidels to Islam. 4 days ago - The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, has said if the government can address injustice against Muslims, the seemingly intractable security The Islamic leader regretted that pervasive corruption and injustice were responsible for the crisis of moral decadence in the country, which he advised must be tackled with firmness, fear of God and the support of the populace. They (Arabs) OCCUPIED lands on THREE continents, destroyed their civilizations, eradicated their history, forced millions into converting to Islam and yet claim India, Israel, Iran, most of Africa, Spain etc as theirs. Ideologically, the Justice and Development Party considers Moroccan society as Muslim–as opposed to the radical Islamists, for whom the members of any society not ruled by God's law cannot be considered Muslims. Dec 10, 2013 - King Hassan II reacted with great harshness, and the period between the 1960s to the 1980s of his reign would come to be known as Sanawat al-rasas (Years of Lead), in allusion to the regime's repression of dissent. Mar 12, 2012 - I have recently been reading up on the history of Islamic law, in particular in Knut Vikør's excellent Between God and the Sultan, for my current book project on legal systems very different from ours. As Serels observed in his 1991 scholarly analysis of Moroccan Jewry (A History of the Jews of Tangier), “A Jew at this time had to pay even for his own death.” Having refused even a pretense of conversion, Sol was condemned by the Sultan to beheading in a public square in Fez. The hatred that can exist between sects – between people who follow the same God and share the same holy book – disturbs and saddens me.