Naʿīm, ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shariʿa / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʿim. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - x, 324 p ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309) and index.
Introduction : why Muslims need a secular state -- Islam, the state, and politics in historical perspective -- Constitutionalism, human rights, and citizenship -- India : state secularism and communal violence -- Turkey : contradictions of authoritarian secularism -- Indonesia : realities of diversity and prospects of pluralism -- Conclusion : negotiating the future of Shariʿa.
Library Journal.
The author explores the subject of the enforcement of Shari'a, or Islamic religious law, in Muslim societies around the world, and argues that Shari'a is contrary to the Koranic insistence on the voluntary acceptance of Islam.
Adult Follett Library Resources.
9780674027763 (trade : alk. paper) 0674027760 (trade : alk. paper)
2007034057
GBA806343 bnb
014493272 Uk
Islam and secularism.
Islam and state.
Islamic law.
Religious pluralism--Islam.
Islam.
Secularism.
Government.
Islamic law.
Pluralism (Social sciences)
BP190.5.S35 / N35 2008
297.2/72
Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shariʿa / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʿim. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - x, 324 p ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309) and index.
Introduction : why Muslims need a secular state -- Islam, the state, and politics in historical perspective -- Constitutionalism, human rights, and citizenship -- India : state secularism and communal violence -- Turkey : contradictions of authoritarian secularism -- Indonesia : realities of diversity and prospects of pluralism -- Conclusion : negotiating the future of Shariʿa.
Library Journal.
The author explores the subject of the enforcement of Shari'a, or Islamic religious law, in Muslim societies around the world, and argues that Shari'a is contrary to the Koranic insistence on the voluntary acceptance of Islam.
Adult Follett Library Resources.
9780674027763 (trade : alk. paper) 0674027760 (trade : alk. paper)
2007034057
GBA806343 bnb
014493272 Uk
Islam and secularism.
Islam and state.
Islamic law.
Religious pluralism--Islam.
Islam.
Secularism.
Government.
Islamic law.
Pluralism (Social sciences)
BP190.5.S35 / N35 2008
297.2/72