Does Islamic law define Islamic ethics? Or is the law a branch of a broader ethical system?
Or is it but one of several independent moral discourses, Islamic and otherwise, competing …

There have been two main traditions of writing on ethics in the Islamic tradition, one
philosophical and related to the works of Aristotle and other Greek philosophers …

This chapter emphasizes an inherent plurality in Islamic ethical discourse. It outlines the
main schools without going into all the subsequent variations that appeared, sometimes …

Does Islamic law define Islamic ethics? Or is the law a branch of a broader ethical system?
Or is it but one of several independent moral discourses, Islamic and otherwise, competing …

In comparison with the flood of books published on Islamic law, works on Islamic ethics
constitute only a trickle, but a steadily increasing one. A Companion to Muslim Ethics is a …

As part of the Abrahamic tradition, Muslim ethics both resemble and differ from the way
ethics is practiced in Judaism and Christianity. Given the geographical breadth of the …

Many Muslim societies are in the throes of tumultuous political transitions, and common to all
has been heightened debate over the place of sharia law in modern politics and ethical life …

In this chapter I explore the relationship between religion and morality. Mindful that the idea
of the shari 'a is essential to Muslim tradition, and that this tradition is a guiding factor in …

In recentyears many Muslim-majority societies have undergone complex and difficult
political transitions. As in Indonesia and Tunisia, some of these passages have been from …

The purpose of this essay is to answer the following question: Is there a moral duty to obey
an Islamic law in an Islamic state? Such an inquiry demands that we define what qualifies as …