Tolerance and Coercion in Islam
Subtitle: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780521827034
Subjects: Islam; World history: c 500 to C 1500; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; Reference; History; Religion - World Religions; History: World; Religious tolerance; Relations; Islam - General; History / World; Religion / Islam; Apostasy; Liberty of conscience (Islam)
First sentence: Since the earliest period of their history, Muslims have been conscious of the religious diversity of the human race and considered it a problem of importance.