Religious freedom without the rule of law: the constitutional odysseys of Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq and the fate of the Middle East
The book examines the failed attempts to secure religious freedom through the rule of law in the Middle East and argues that consociations would have provided a better option for the constitutional culture of the region.
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill Nijhoff
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Brill research perspectives law and religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Afghanistan
/ Egypt
/ Iraq
/ Religious freedom
/ Constitutional law
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| Further subjects: | B
Freedom Of Religion (Middle East)
B Freedom Of Religion (Islamic countries) B Rule of law (Islamic countries) B Rule of law (Middle East) |
| Summary: | The book examines the failed attempts to secure religious freedom through the rule of law in the Middle East and argues that consociations would have provided a better option for the constitutional culture of the region. Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Religious Freedom and Religious Life in the Middle East -- Introduction -- 1.1 The Constitutions in the Middle East -- 1.2 Constitutions and Religious Freedom in the Middle East -- 1.2.1 Afghanistan: "The Best Islamic Constitution" and Its Legacy -- 1.2.2 The Egyptian Struggle for a Civic State -- 1.2.3 Iraqi Sectarianism and Saddam's Bargain -- Conclusions -- 2 The Rule of Law and the Place of Religious Freedom -- Introduction -- 2.1 The Features and the Logic of the Rule of Law -- 2.1.1 The Individual -- 2.1.2 Equality among Individuals and Groups -- 2.1.3 Courts -- 2.2 The Rule of Law and Religious Freedom -- 2.3 Western-Made Consociations: an Exception to the Norm? -- Conclusions -- 3 The Constitution of the Middle East and North Africa: the Arab Winter and the Failed Rule-of-Law Interventions -- Introduction -- 3.1 Groups and Inequalities -- 3.2 Equality among Groups and Public Institutions -- 3.3 Reframing Religious Freedom for the Middle East: Rediscovering Consociations -- Conclusions -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography. "The volume compares the efforts to instil the values and practices of the rule of law in the Middle East in the early twenty-first century with their disappointing performances in terms of safety, human rights, and, especially, religious freedom. It zooms in on Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq to argue that international interventions and local initiatives underestimated the ethno-religious mosaic of these countries and their political and constitutional culture. The standard notion of the rule of law values individualism, equality, rights, and courts, which hardly fit the makeup of the Middle East. Securing stability and protecting religious freedom in the region requires compromising on the rule of law; the consociational model of constitutionalism would have better chances of achieving them"-- |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | VIII, 86 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-53323-3 |
