Schools of Islamic Law

This twenty-seventh clip explains the similarities and differences between the various schools of Islamic law and their relation to the various cultural zones of the Islamic world. The small picture preceding this clip is of al-Azhar University, the premier seat of Sunni Islamic law and Islamic studies established in Cairo, Egypt in 970.

The primary reading for this segment of the online course at Xavier University is "The Heart of Islam" by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, pp. 87-100.