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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457968303321

Autore

Scott Rachel M

Titolo

The challenge of political Islam [[electronic resource] ] : non-Muslims and the Egyptian state / / Rachel M. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8047-7471-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

297.2/83

Soggetti

Islam - Relations - Coptic Church

Islam and state - Egypt

Religion and state - Egypt

Copts - Politics and government

Religious minorities - Egypt

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Non-Muslims in Classical Islam; 2. Continuity, Discontinuity, and the Rise of Islamism; 3. Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State; 4. The Dhimma; 5. Toward Citizenship; 6. Citizenship in an Islamic State; 7. Coptic Responses; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on Islamist writings, political tracts, and interviews with Islamists, this book examines Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt from the perspective of Islamic conceptions of citizenship, and provides non-Muslim responses to those views.