Religious freedom in Islam: the fate of a universal human right in the Muslim world today

Is Islam hospitable to religious freedom? The question is at the heart of a public controversy over Islam that has raged in the West over the past decade-and-a-half. Religious freedom is important because it promotes democracy and peace and reduces ills like civil war, terrorism, and violence. Relig...

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Main Author: Philpott, Daniel 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Philpott, Daniel, 1967-, Religious freedom in Islam] (2022) (Hashemi, Nader, 1966 -)
Series/Journal:Oxford scholarship online
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Religious freedom
Further subjects:B Liberty ; Religious aspects ; Islam
B Freedom of religion ; Islamic countries
B Liberty Religious aspects Islam
B Freedom Of Religion (Islamic countries)
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Summary:Is Islam hospitable to religious freedom? The question is at the heart of a public controversy over Islam that has raged in the West over the past decade-and-a-half. Religious freedom is important because it promotes democracy and peace and reduces ills like civil war, terrorism, and violence. Religious freedom also is simply a matter of justice-not an exclusively Western principle but rather a universal human right rooted in human nature. The heart of the text confronts the question of Islam and religious freedom through an empirical examination of Muslim-majority countries. From a satellite view, looking at these countries in the aggregate, the work finds that the Muslim world is far less free than the rest of the world.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2019. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 7, 2019)
ISBN:0190908211
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190908188.001.0001