Apostasy and public policy in contemporary Egypt: an evaluation of recent cases from Egypt's highest courts
Apostasy, the abandonment of Islam, can be subdivided into the act of apostasy, and its legal consequences. In Egyptian case law of the past fifty years, only the latter plays a role. The act of apostasy hardly needs to be scrutinized by the courts since it is almost never related to religious convi...
Published in: | Human rights quarterly |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2003
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Human rights quarterly
Year: 2003, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 720-740 |
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Islam
B Legislation B Example B Egypt Jurisprudence Legislation Islam Rechtliche Regelung Beispielhafte Fälle Criticism B Egypt B Jurisprudence B Criticism |