The module offers an overview of Islamic law covering its religious, historical and contemporary dimensions. The module addresses first the religious and historical foundations of Islamic law before going on to address its application in contemporary jurisdictions. The theoretical, substantive and procedural aspects of Islamic law are covered.

The students of the UOL generally gets the opportunity to sit for the examination twice (May & October) in an academic year. The question of this module is divided in two parts, where a compulsory Part A requires the students to answer at least one essay. On the other hand students in Part B is also requires to answer rest of the essay question. The students will be evaluated with 100 marks question which will be completely written based examination.