Islam and liberal citizenship: the search for an overlapping consensus
Some argue that Muslims have no tradition of separation of church and state and therefore can't participate in secular, pluralist society. At the other extreme, some Muslims argue that it is the duty of all believers to resist western forms of government and to impose Islamic law. Andrew F. Mar...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford New York
Oxford University Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Reviews: | Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus (2009) (An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed)
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| Further subjects: | B
Pluralism
Religious aspects
Islam
B Islam and secularism (Europe) B Muslims (Non-Muslim countries) B Liberalism (Europe) B Liberalism Religious aspects Islam B Citizenship (Islamic law) B Citizenship (Europe) |
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| Summary: | Some argue that Muslims have no tradition of separation of church and state and therefore can't participate in secular, pluralist society. At the other extreme, some Muslims argue that it is the duty of all believers to resist western forms of government and to impose Islamic law. Andrew F. March demonstrates that there are very strong and authentically Islamic arguments for accepting the demands of citizenship in a liberal democracy, many of them found even in medieval works of Islamic jurisprudence. In fact, he shows, it is precisely the fact that Rawlsian political liberalism makes no claim |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-335) and index |
| ISBN: | 019533096X |