Coercion and Responsibility in Islam
| Author | : Mairaj U. Syed |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780198788775 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0198788770 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (770 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Coercion and Responsibility in Islam by : Mairaj U. Syed
Download or read book Coercion and Responsibility in Islam written by Mairaj U. Syed and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of how Muslim scholars from four schools of law and theology debate the ethical issues that coercion generates when considering a person's moral agency and responsibility in cases of speech acts, rape, and murder. It proposes a new model for analyzing ethical thought and compares Islamic with Western thought on the same cases.