William Gawthrop Ph.D.
The purpose of this text is to provide a handbook of Islam tailored to the needs of the Criminal Investigator and Intelligence Analyst. It draws from the doctrinal sources of Islamic Law, Sunni Tradition, that are overlooked by criminology and counterterrorism references. • The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah • The Quran • Hadith of Bukhari• Hanafi School: The Islamic Law of Nations: Shaybani’s Siyar • Hanbal School: Al Musnad • Maliki School: Al Muwatta • Maliki School: Bidayat al Mujtahid wa Nihayat al Muqtasid (The Distinguished Jurist’s Primer).• Shafi’i School: Al-Shafi’i’s Risala• Shafi’i School: Umdat al-salik (Reliance of the Traveller) This text is focused on the effects Islamic Law and Religion exert on the individual. It is not intended to be a work of scholarship or an exhaustive topical examination of Islamic doctrine. It is intended to be of sufficient depth to familiarize analysts and investigators with the doctrinal themes and drivers that may underlie street behavior and influence investigations that are overlooked or ignored by Criminal Justice writers. This is a handbook for practitioners, a tool needed by analysts and investigators.
