RT Article
T1 Religious Freedom in Islam: A Global Landscape
JF Journal of law, religion and state
VO 2
IS 1
SP 3
OP 21
A1 Philpott, Daniel 1967-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1562014331
AB 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.
K1 Religious Freedom : democracy : religion and politics : religion, Islam
DO 10.1163/22124810-00201001