audiobook The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History; Religion; and Culture (Comprehensive Surveys of Religion) by From Brand: Cambridge University Press in History

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In recent years some of the more fundamentalist regimes in the developing world (such as those of Iran; Pakistan; Sudan and the northern states of Nigeria) have reintroduced Islamic law in place of western criminal codes. Rudolph Peters presents a detailed account of the classical doctrine and traces the enforcement of criminal law from the Ottoman period to the present day. Accounts of actual cases; ranging from theft and banditry to murder; fornication and apostasy; shed light on the complexities of the law; and the sensitivity and intelligence of the qadis who implemented it.