A religion, not a state
Subtitle: Ali Abd al-Raziq's Islamic justification of political secularism
By: Souad Tagelsir Ali.
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Salt Lake City, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780874809510
Subjects: ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻAlī, -- 1888-1966 -- Political and social views; Islam and politics; Islam and secularism; Caliphate
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Background and overview; title: Classical juristic theories of the caliphate : from idealism to accommodationism; title: The caliphate in the colonial era; title: Ali Abd al-Raziq's intellectual formation and his place among the disciples of Muhammad Abduh; title: The central message; title: The ruling system in the time of the prophet; title: Critiques of Abd al-Raziq's position; title: The implications of Abd al-Raziq's study for the debate over Islam and politics.