{"product_id":"heaven-on-earth-9780099523277","title":"Heaven on Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is important because it is:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnique.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeaven on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e offers a critique of extremism that is human rights-based and entertaining  combining the comparative approach of \u003cb\u003eKaren Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e and the immediacy of \u003cb\u003eEd Husain\u003c\/b\u003e (The Islamist) with storytelling. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimely.\u003c\/b\u003e At a time of veil bans, Qur'an burnings and English Defence League protests, Kadri voices a liberal view of Islamic history and shows Muslims working against repression. This book explains up-to-the-minute brutalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpic.\u003c\/b\u003e Interviews, anecdotes, personal reflection and analysis are set against a narrative that sweeps from seventh-century Mecca to the war in Afghanistan. Civilisations are evoked via the vivid lives of caliphs, mystics, and travellers. Legal changes are described through the feuds, courtroom dramas, conquests and cataclysms that have left their mark on modern Islamic law. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst-hand.\u003c\/b\u003e On the road for five months, Kadri travelled through Iran just before the June 2009 election protests, and took part in a human rights conference there with ayatollahs and academics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEye-opening.\u003c\/b\u003e This book goes beyond the explosive headline issues (criminal justice, women, jihad, religious freedom) to reveal the stranger ones: genie exorcisms; the legal consequences of premature ejaculation; online fatwa advice; the sharia approach to Facebook and Qur'anic mobile phone ringtones, etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBold.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeaven on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e primarily targets religious extremism, but also cuts anti-Muslim panic down to size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant and illuminating -- Boris Johnson * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eGreatly enriches our understanding of a much misunderstood subject * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eErudite and instructive * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eFirst-rate * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e[A] lively, yet scholarly, book... Kadri is an ideally positioned guide * Daily Telegraph *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090647085399,"sku":"9780099523277","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099523277.jpg?v=1762272920","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/heaven-on-earth-9780099523277","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}