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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philpott, Daniel, 1967- author.

Series:

2019.

2019

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty--Religious aspects--Islam.

Liberty.

Freedom of religion--Islamic countries.

Freedom of religion.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

xvii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question. 0It is not, however, a simple answer. From a satellite view, the Muslim world looks unfree. But, Philpott shows, the truth is much more complex. Some one-fourth of Muslim-majority countries are in fact religiously free. Of the other countries, about forty percent are governed not by Islamists but by a hostile secularism imported from the West, while the other sixty percent are Islamist. 0The picture that emerges is both honest and hopeful. Yes, most Muslim-majority countries are lacking in religious freedom. But, Philpott argues, the Islamic tradition carries within it "seeds of freedom," and he offers guidance for how to cultivate those seeds in order to expand religious freedom in the Muslim world and the world at large.0It is an urgent project. Religious freedom promotes goods like democracy and the advancement of women that are lacking in the Muslim-majority world and reduces ills like civil war, terrorism, and violence. Further, religious freedom is simply a matter of justice-not an exclusively Western value, but rather a universal right rooted in human nature. Its realization is critical to the aspirations of religious minorities and dissenters in Muslim countries, to Muslims living in non-Muslim countries or under secular dictatorships, and to relations between the West and the Muslim world. 0In this thoughtful book, Philpott seeks to establish a constructive middle ground in a fiery and long-lasting debate over Islam.

Contents:

Introduction: intervening in a public debate

In defense of religious freedom

Religiously free states in the Muslim world

Secular repressive states in the Muslim world

Religiously repressive states in the Muslim world

The Arab uprisings

Seven seeds of freedom

A pathway to freedom

Realizing religious freedom in Islam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-289) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Philpott, Daniel, 1967- Religious freedom in Islam.

ISBN:

9780190908188

0190908181

OCLC:

1044597197