In Islamic thought, sharia is divine law legislated by God. Who is the legislative God or “holy lawgiver”? What kind of divinity is God, and what are God’s other attributes? How did the idea of divine law emerge? What are the similarities and differences between the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in their understandings of divine law? What is the relationship between the Islamic sharia and the Jewish Halacha?
In Islamic thought, sharia is divine law legislated by God. Who is the legislative God or “holy lawgiver”?...