Islam and the Politics of Secularism: The Caliphate and Middle Eastern Modernization in the Early 20th Century
The abolition of the caliphate was one of the most radical changes undertaken in the Islamic world in the early twentieth century. When the last caliph, Abdülmecid, was deposed by republican Turkey in 1924, however, this caused only wrangling at the caliphate conferences in Cairo and Jerusalem and r...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2013, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 151-153 |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | The abolition of the caliphate was one of the most radical changes undertaken in the Islamic world in the early twentieth century. When the last caliph, Abdülmecid, was deposed by republican Turkey in 1924, however, this caused only wrangling at the caliphate conferences in Cairo and Jerusalem and reactions among a few other Muslim communities. The lack of widespread outcry proves that the caliphate as a political and religious institution had ceased to function as a viable entity for Muslims around the world., Nurullah Ardıç from Istanbul City University (Istanbul Şehir University) has written a highly readable, informative, and analytical book on the secularization of Ottoman polity and society through institutional and legal measures. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/css114 |
