The Sharīʻa and Islamic criminal justice in time of war and peace / M. Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University School of Law.
This innovative and important book applies classical Sunni Muslim legal and religious doctrine to contemporary issues surrounding armed conflict. In doing so it shows that the shari'a and Islamic law are not only compatible with contemporary international human rights law and international huma...
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Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- The Sharīʻa, Islamic law (Fiqh), and legal methods (ʻIlm uṣūl al-fiqh)
- The postulates of human rights and the place of justice in Islam
- The Islamic criminal justice system
- Islamic international law and international humanitarian law
- The ʻIlm uṣūl al-fiqh, Islamic law, and contemporary post-conflict and transitional justice
- Appendix A. Chronology of significant dates in the history of Islam
- Appendix B. Armed conflicts involving Muslim states
- Appendix C. Statute of the international court of justice
- Appendix D. The Cairo declaration on human rights in Islam
- Appendix E. Convention of the organization of the Islamic conference on combating international terrorism.