Religious Freedom and Majority Rule: Marsilius of Padua "on" Abdullahi Ahmed an-Naim and the "Secular" Islamic State
This article discusses Abdullahi Ahmed an-Naim's Islam and the Secular State from the perspective of Marsilius of Padua's political theory. Both authors share similar concepts of the relationship between religion, state policy, and the state, and allow for the integration of religious doc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2013]
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Politics and religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 121-144 |
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| Summary: | This article discusses Abdullahi Ahmed an-Naim's Islam and the Secular State from the perspective of Marsilius of Padua's political theory. Both authors share similar concepts of the relationship between religion, state policy, and the state, and allow for the integration of religious doctrines into state law. Nonetheless, the Marsilian conception provides stronger protection of unbelievers' and religious dissenters' civic rights. In the broader discourse on political theory of rights, Marsilius argues in favors of individual rights and a protection of minority rights, while an-Naim's theory of Sharia reform suggests a preference for a people's self-determination. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048312000715 |