Religious freedom in Islam : the fate of a universal human right in the Muslim world today /

Is Islam hospitable to religious freedom? The question is at the heart of a public controversy over Islam that has raged in the West over the past decade-and-a-half. Religious freedom is important because it promotes democracy and peace and reduces ills like civil war, terrorism, and violence. Relig...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Philpott, Daniel
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Zusammenfassung:
Is Islam hospitable to religious freedom? The question is at the heart of a public controversy over Islam that has raged in the West over the past decade-and-a-half. Religious freedom is important because it promotes democracy and peace and reduces ills like civil war, terrorism, and violence. Religious freedom also is simply a matter of justice-not an exclusively Western principle but rather a universal human right rooted in human nature. The heart of the text confronts the question of Islam and religious freedom through an empirical examination of Muslim-majority countries. From a satellite view, looking at these countries in the aggregate, the work finds that the Muslim world is far less free than the rest of the world.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2019.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-090820-3
0-19-090821-1
0-19-090819-X
Schlagworte:
Liberty > Religious aspects > Islam.
Freedom of religion > Islamic countries.
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