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Record Nr.

UNINA9910838301203321

Autore

Ali Souad T

Titolo

A religion, not a state : Ali Abd al-Raziq's Islamic justification of political secularism / / Souad Tagelsir Ali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Salt Lake City, Utah, : University of Utah Press, c2009

ISBN

1-60781-951-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

297.2/72

Soggetti

Islam and politics

Islam and secularism

Caliphate

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Background and overview -- Classical juristic theories of the caliphate : from idealism to accommodationism -- The caliphate in the colonial era -- Ali Abd al-Raziq's intellectual formation and his place among the disciples of Muhammad Abduh -- The central message -- The ruling system in the time of the prophet -- Critiques of Abd al-Raziq's position -- The implications of Abd al-Raziq's study for the debate over Islam and politics.