Forbidding Wrong in Islam

Description

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.

First Sentence

In the early evening of Thursday 22 September 1988, a woman was raped at a local train station in Chicago in the presence of several people.

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Other Editions

• Forbidding Wrong in Islam: An Introduction (Themes in Islamic History)PaperbackCambridge University Press2003-06-16
• Forbidding Wrong in IslamE-bookCambridge University Press2003-01-01
• Forbidding Wrong in IslamHardcoverCambridge University Press2003-06-16