Mairaj U. Syed is an Assistant Professor in the department of religious studies at the University of California, Davis. His research explores the history of Islamic legal and ethical thought, particularly areas dealing with public law, family law, and politics. He is also interested in the development of hadith literature and the social network that transmitted and preserved it in the first 250 years of Islamic history. Syed holds Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University, and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas, Austin.

Mairaj Syed's book provides a highly readable introduction into how a group of Muslim theologians and jurists understood coercion as a theological, ethical and legal problem.

• Introduction 1: Compulsion and Moral Agency in Mu'tazilism 2: Coercion and Moral Agency in Ash'arism 3: Defining Coercion in Hanafism 4: Defining Coercion in Shafi'ism 5: Coerced Speech Act Jurisprudence in Hanafism and Shafi'ism 6: Coerced Harm Jurisprudence in Hanafism and Shafi'ism Conclusion

Mairaj U. Syed is an Assistant Professor in the department of religious studies at the University of California, Davis. His research explores the history of Islamic legal and ethical thought, particularly areas dealing with public law, family law, and politics. He is also interested in the development of hadith literature and the social network that transmitted and preserved it in the first 250 years of Islamic history. Syed holds Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University, and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas, Austin.

Mairaj Syed's book provides a highly readable introduction into how a group of Muslim theologians and jurists understood coercion as a theological, ethical and legal problem.

• Introduction 1: Compulsion and Moral Agency in Mu'tazilism 2: Coercion and Moral Agency in Ash'arism 3: Defining Coercion in Hanafism 4: Defining Coercion in Shafi'ism 5: Coerced Speech Act Jurisprudence in Hanafism and Shafi'ism 6: Coerced Harm Jurisprudence in Hanafism and Shafi'ism Conclusion

Mairaj U. Syed is an Assistant Professor in the department of religious studies at the University of California, Davis. His research explores the history of Islamic legal and ethical thought, particularly areas dealing with public law, family law, and politics. He is also interested in the development of hadith literature and the social network that transmitted and preserved it in the first 250 years of Islamic history. Syed holds Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University, and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas, Austin.

Mairaj Syed's book provides a highly readable introduction into how a group of Muslim theologians and jurists understood coercion as a theological, ethical and legal problem.

• Introduction 1: Compulsion and Moral Agency in Mu'tazilism 2: Coercion and Moral Agency in Ash'arism 3: Defining Coercion in Hanafism 4: Defining Coercion in Shafi'ism 5: Coerced Speech Act Jurisprudence in Hanafism and Shafi'ism 6: Coerced Harm Jurisprudence in Hanafism and Shafi'ism Conclusion