Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shariʿa /
By: Naʿīm, ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.Description: x, 324 p ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780674027763 (trade : alk. paper); 0674027760 (trade : alk. paper)Subject(s): Islam and secularism | Islam and state | Islamic law | Religious pluralism -- Islam | Islam | Secularism | Government | Islamic law | Pluralism (Social sciences)DDC classification: 297.2/72
Summary:
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.
Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection | 297.272 NA IS (Browse shelf) | Available | T0035383 |
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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.
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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.
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