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

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Title:

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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Summary

The author, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist, envisions a positive and sustainable role for Sharia, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies. He argues that coercive enforcement of Sharia by the state is against the Qur'an's teachings.