The Epistle on Legal Theory Source:Donated spirituality and of course the

spirituality and of course the Quran

but it also reveals significant political and theological disagreements among thinkers too often grouped together and dismissed as extremists or terrorists

These contradictory visions offer a kaleidoscopic view of the position of women in the rich life of a historic North African city

this discourse will be of interest to anyone concerned with ethics and moral philosophy

The Epistle on Legal Theory Source:Donated spirituality and of course theThe Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al Shafi'i (d. 204 H 820 AD), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni Islam. This fascinating work offers the first systematic treatment in Arabic of key issues in Islamic legal thought. These include a survey of the importance of