Muslim Conception of International Law and the Western Approach

The traditional doctrine of Islamic law in regard to international re­ lations is well known. The Shari''a includes many excellent provisions about declarations of war, treaties of peace, armistices, diplomatic envoys, negotiations and guarantees of safe conduct. But the fact remains that it divides the world, broadly speaking, into the "Abode of Islam" and the "Abode of ''War," and that it envisa...