Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shari°a
by
 
Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-

Title
Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shari°a

Author
Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-

ISBN
9780674027763

Personal Author
Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-

Publication Information
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

Physical Description
x, 324 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents
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 Shari°a.

Subject Term
Islam and secularism.
 
Islam and state.
 
Islamic law.
 
Religious pluralism -- Islam.


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