HEAVEN ON EARTH

By Sadakat Kadri

Subjects: Religious aspects, Islamic law, Islam, history, Popular works, New York Times reviewed, History, Natural law

Description: Almost 1400 years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God's law - the sharia - its earthly interpreters are still arguing over what it means. Hardliners reduce it to amputations, veiling, holy war and stonings. Others say that it is humanity's only guarantee of a just society.