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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Autor principal: Philpott, Daniel 1967- (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Brill 2013
Em: Journal of law, religion and state
Ano: 2013, Volume: 2, Número: 1, Páginas: 3-21
Outras palavras-chave:B Religious Freedom democracy religion and politics religion, Islam
Acesso em linha: Volltext (Verlag)
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Resumo: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
Obras secundárias:In: Journal of law, religion and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22124810-00201001