RT Book
T1 The Apostates: when Muslims leave Islam
A1 Cottee, Simon
LA English
PP London
PB C. Hurst & Co Publishers
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/78978565X
AB The Apostates is the first major study of apostasy from Islam in the western secular context. Drawing on life-history interviews with ex-Muslims from the UK and Canada, Simon Cottee explores how and with what consequences Muslims leave Islam and become irreligious. Apostasy in Islam is a deeply controversial issue and features prominently in current debates over the expansion of Islam in the West and what this means. Yet it remains poorly understood, in large part because it has become so politicised - with protagonists on either side of the debate selectively invoking Islamic theology to make claims about the 'true' face of Islam. The Apostates charts a different course by examining the social situation and experiences of ex-Muslims. Cottee suggests that Islamic apostasy in the West is best understood not as a legal or political problem, but as a moral issue within Muslim families and communities. Outside of Muslim-majority societies, ex-Muslims are not living in fear for their lives. But they face and must manage the stigma attached to leaving the faith from among their own families and the wider Muslim community.
AB Aspects of apostasy -- Becoming an apostate : from Islam to unbelief -- Coming out : disclosing apostasy -- Staying in : concealling apostasy -- hanging on : managing apostasy -- Beyond Islam?
CN BP168
SN 978-1-84904-469-1
K1 Apostasy : Islam
K1 Liberty of conscience (Islam)
K1 Religious Tolerance : Islam
K1 Islam
K1 Ausscheiden
K1 Mitglied
K1 Soziale Kontrolle
K1 Bevölkerungsgruppe
K1 Religiöse Identität
K1 Glaubensfreiheit
K1 Religionsfreiheit
K1 Einfluss
K1 Islamische Länder/Islamische Welt : Islam : Austritt/Ausschluss von Mitgliedern : Renegaten : Glaubenswechsel : Soziale Kontrolle : Religiöse Bevölkerungsgruppe : Glaubens- und Religionsfreiheit : Sozialer Einfluss
K1 Islamic countries/Islamic world : Expulsion of members : Change of faith : Social control : Religious population groups : Religious freedom : Social influence
K1 Interview : Vereinigtes Königreich : Vereinigtes Königreich von Großbritannien und Nordirland : Kanada
K1 Interviews : United Kingdom : Canada
K1 Islamische Staaten