Dr Mohammad Hashim Kamali is Professor of Law at the International Islamic University Malaysia where he has been teaching Islamic law and jurisprudence since 1985. He comes from a family with long-standing legal and judicial service in Afghanistan and his knowledge of Islamic law is an interesting blend of the theory and practice of this discipline in Afghanistan and then studying and teaching this subject in England, Canada and Malaysia. Among his other works published by the Islamic Texts Society is Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence.