Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a Globalised World

Sharia  has been a source of misunderstanding and misconception in both the  Muslim and non-Muslim worlds. Understanding Sharia: Islamic Law in a  Globalised World sets out to explore the reality of sharia,  contextualising its development in the early centuries of Islam and  showing how it evolved in line with historical and social circumstances.  The authors, Raficq S. Abdulla and Mohamed M. Keshavjee, both  British-trained lawyers, argue that sharia and the positive law flowing  from it, known as fiqh, have never been an exclusive legal system or a  fixed set of beliefs.