Religious Freedom in Islam:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Religious Freedom in Islam: "
Daniel Philpott

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072451
Doc. No	:	LA116080
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22124810-00201001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Daniel Philpott
Title & Author	:	Religious Freedom in Islam: [Article] : A Global Landscape\ Daniel Philpott
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Law, Religion and State
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/1
Page No	:	3–21
Abstract	:	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. 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.
Descriptor	:	democracy
Descriptor	:	religion and politics
Descriptor	:	religion, Islam
Descriptor	:	religious freedom
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22124810-00201001‬