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: value: Introduction : why Muslims need a secular state; value: Islam, the state, and politics in historical perspective; value: Constitutionalism, human rights, and citizenship; value: India : state secularism and communal violence; value: Turkey : contradictions of authoritarian secularism; value: Indonesia : realities of diversity and prospects of pluralism; value: Conclusion : negotiating the future of Shariʻa.