The challenge of political Islam
Subtitle: non-Muslims and the Egyptian state
By: Rachel M. Scott.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780804769051; 9780804769068
Subjects: Coptic Church -- Relations -- Islam; Islam -- Relations -- Coptic Church; Islam and state -- Egypt; Religion and state -- Egypt; Copts -- Politics and government; Religious minorities -- Egypt
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Non-Muslims in classical Islam; title: Discontinuity, continuity, and the rise of Islamism; title: Non-Muslims and the Egyptian state; title: The dhimma; title: Toward citizenship; title: Citizenship in an Islamic state; title: Coptic responses.