Religious Freedom in Islam: A Global Landscape

This paper presents a global landscape of religious freedom in Islam, a crucial matter for resolving the contentious contemporary debate over whether Islam is a peaceful or violent religion. The landscape shows a general dearth of religious freedom in Islam. This does not mean, though, that Islam is...

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Main Author: Philpott, Daniel 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2013
In: Journal of law, religion and state
Year: 2013, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-21
Further subjects:B Religious Freedom democracy religion and politics religion, Islam
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:This paper presents a global landscape of religious freedom in Islam, a crucial matter for resolving the contentious contemporary debate over whether Islam is a peaceful or violent religion. The landscape shows a general dearth of religious freedom in Islam. This does not mean, though, that Islam is incompatible with religious freedom, for a large percentage of Muslim countries are governed by regimes inspired by western secularism. The paper also argues that religious freedom is neither synonymous nor co-extensive with electoral democracy. Several democracies with low levels of religious freedom exist in Muslim-majority countries, while authoritarian regimes with relatively high levels of religious freedom exist but are rare.
ISSN:2212-4810
Contains:In: Journal of law, religion and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22124810-00201001