Cook, M. A.

Forbidding wrong in Islam : an introduction / Michael Cook. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xii, 185 p. : map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The elements of the duty of forbidding wrong -- How is wrong to be forbidden? -- When is one unable to forbid wrong? -- What about privacy? -- The state as an agent of forbidding wrong -- The state as an agent of wrongdoing -- Is anyone against forbidding wrong? -- What was forbidding wrong like in practice? -- What has changed for the Sunnis in modern times? -- What has changed for the Imamis in modern times? -- Do non-Islamic cultures have similiar values? -- Do we have similar value? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

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Islamic ethics.
Muslims--Conduct of life.
Islamic philosophy.

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