Islam and the Secular State : : Negotiating the Future of Shari`a / / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Introduction: Why Muslims Need a Secular State --; 2. Islam, the State, and Politics in Historical Perspective --; 3. Constitutionalism, Human Rights, and Citizenship --; 4. India: State Secularism and Communal Violence --; 5. Turkey: Contradictions of Authoritarian Secularism --; 6. Indonesia: Realities of Diversity and Prospects of Pluralism --; 7. Conclusion: Negotiating the Future of Shari'a --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674033764; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674033764
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im.

What should be the place of Shari'a - Islamic religious law - in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari'a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies.