Islam and the secular state
Subtitle: negotiating the future of Shariʻa
By: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780674027763
Subjects: Islam and secularism; Islam and state; Islamic law; Religious pluralism -- Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why Muslims need a secular state; title: Islam, the state, and politics in historical perspective; title: Constitutionalism, human rights, and citizenship; title: India : state secularism and communal violence; title: Turkey : contradictions of authoritarian secularism; title: Indonesia : realities of diversity and prospects of pluralism; title: Conclusion : negotiating the future of Shariʻa.