Forbidding Wrong in Islam : An Introduction (Themes in Islamic History)

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ISBN: 0521536022
Author: Michael Cook, Patricia Crone (Series Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (May 27, 2003)
Pages: 200 Binding: Paperback

Description from the publisher:

Michael Cook’s magisterial study in Islamic ethics, Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought, was published to much acclaim in 2001. It was described by one reviewer as a masterpiece. In that book, the author reflected on the Islamic injunction, incumbent on every Muslim, to forbid wrongdoing. The present book is a short, accessible survey of the same material. Using anecdotes and stories from Islamic sources to illustrate the argument, Cook unravels the complexities of the subject. Moving backwards and forwards through time, he demonstrates how the past informs the present. By the end, the reader will be familiar with a colourful array of characters from Islamic history ranging from the celebrated thinker Ghazzali, to the caliph Harun al-Rashid, to the Ayatollah Khumayni. The book educates and entertains - at its heart, however, is an important message about the Islamic tradition, its values, and the relevance of those values today.

• An ingenious and erudite study of morality and justice in the Islamic tradition by a master in the field

Narrative covers a wide history to bring Islam and its peoples to life

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