Religious renewal in Syria: the case of Muhammad al-Habash

The Syrian Muammad al‐abash, member of the religious establishment and recently elected to parliament, is the leading figure in a movement of religious renewal in Syria. The Islamic vision he has articulated sheds light not only on the existence of a dynamic religious and inter‐religious debate curr...

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Published in:Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Main Author: Heck, Paul L. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2004
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Further subjects:B Civil Society
B Bürgergesellschaft / Civil society
B Islam
B transformation of values
B Wertewandel
B Moderne Gesellschaft
B Syria
B Modern Society
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Summary:The Syrian Muammad al‐abash, member of the religious establishment and recently elected to parliament, is the leading figure in a movement of religious renewal in Syria. The Islamic vision he has articulated sheds light not only on the existence of a dynamic religious and inter‐religious debate currently taking place in Syria but also on the potential role of Islam in the development of a civil society in Syria that brooks room in the public arena for both the religious and the secular.
ISSN:0959-6410
Contains:In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0959641042000192792