Freedom of expression in Islam : challenging apostasy and blasphemy laws.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apostasy (Islamic law).

Blasphemy (Islam).

Religious tolerance--Islam.

Religious tolerance.

Liberty of conscience (Islam).

Apostasy (Islamic law)--Iran.

Apostasy (Islamic law)--Egypt.

Apostasy (Islamic law)--Pakistan.

Apostasy (Islamic law)--Indonesia.

Indonesia.

Pakistan.

Egypt.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury, 2021.

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction. Muhammad Khalid Masud, International Islamic University, Pakistan; Kari Vogt, University of Oslo, Norway; Lena Larsen, University of Oslo, Norway; & Christian Moe, Independent Scholar

Part one. The historical construction. Blasphemy laws in Islam: towards a rethinking? ; Freedom of religion in Qur'anic exegesis ; Hermeneutic shifts in the definition of blasphemy: reading Ibn Taymiyya's al-Sarim al-Maslul 'aala, Shatim al-Rasul

Part two. Present practices.

The crimes of blasphemy and apostasy in Iran ; Guarding the mainstream: blasphemy and apostasy in Egypt ; Plurality, dissent and hegemony: the story behind Pakistan's blasphemy law ; Politics of Fatwa, 'Deviant groups' and Takfir in the context of Indonesian pluralism: a study of the council of Indonesian Ulama

Part three. New directions. Transgressing all bounds? Gendering authority and engendering orthodoxy Re-framing reform: lessons from the Apostasy trials of Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari and Hashem Aghajari Toward removing the punishment of Apostasy in Islam.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

ISBN:

9780755637690

0755637690

Publisher Number:

99986900767

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