Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shariʿa /
By: Naʿīm, ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad
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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
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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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| 297.272 KA CO The contemporary Islamic governed state : | 297.272 MU CI Civil disobedience in Islam : | 297.272 MU IS Islam and good governance : | 297.272 NA IS Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shariʿa / | 297.272 NE WV The new voices of Islam : reforming politics and modernity : a reader | 297.273 DE VE Developments in Islamic finance : | 297.273 RE PR Prophecy, piety, and profits : |
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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