Islam and the secular state :

An- Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmad. 1946-

Islam and the secular state : Negotiating the future of Shari'a / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2008. - x, 324 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : why Muslims need a secular state -- Islam, the state, and politics in historical perspective -- Constitutionalism, human rights, and citizenship -- India : state secularism and communal violence -- Turkey : contradictions of authoritarian secularism -- Indonesia : realities of diversity and prospects of pluralism -- Conclusion : negotiating the future of Shari�a.

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Islam and secularism.
Islam and state.
Islamic law.
Religious pluralism--Islam.

BP190.5.S35 / N35 2008

297.272 / ANN