Chapter 2 Tourism and Islamic law

Abstract

There has been much controversy, if not dispute, especially among non-Muslims over the attitude of Islam to tourism. One may claim that this debate is mainly due to non-Muslims' misunderstanding of the true nature of the religion and its Shari'a or Islamic law. This chapter attempts to show in some detail tourism from the perspective of the Islamic creed and to demonstrate that the religion does encourage tourism and regards it as legal. To do this the chapter reviews a number of sources including the holy Qur'an.

Citation

Saad Sanad, H., Mounier Kassem, A. and Scott, N. (2010), "Chapter 2 Tourism and Islamic law", Scott, N. and Jafari, J. (Ed.) Tourism in the Muslim World (Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2042-1443(2010)0000002005