Heaven on Earth : A Journey Through Shariʻa Law (Record no. 30445)
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| fixed length control field | 01525nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780099523277 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 340.59 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Sadakat Kadri |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Heaven on Earth : A Journey Through Shariʻa Law |
| Statement of responsibility | Sadakat Kadri |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Vintage |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xx,332 Pages |
| Other physical details | 13x20 cm |
| -- | PB |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | A Journey Through Shariʻa Law. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Notes, Bibliography and Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 stoning. Others say that it is humanity's only guarantee of a just society. In "Heaven on Earth", Sadakat Kadri, a London-based criminal barrister and prize-winning writer, sets out to see who is right. Travelling the Islamic world, he encounters a cacophony of legal claims. At the ancient Indian grave of his Sufi ancestor, unruly jinn are exorcised in the name of the sharia. In Pakistan's madrasas, stern scholars ridicule his talk of human rights and demand explanations for NATO drone attacks in Afghanistan. In Iran, he hears that God is forgiving enough to subsidies sex-change operations - but requires the execution of Muslims who change religion. All Muslims are guided by the sharia - whatever their interpretation of it - and the stories of compulsion and violence are just part of a much bigger picture. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Islamic law |
| -- | Natural law--Religious aspects |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-04-19 | CRV/GPLM/12/2016 | 596.00 | 340.59 S124H 2013 | 35660 | Books |