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Blasphemy and apostasy in Islam : debates on Shi'a jurisprudence / Mohsen Kadivar ; translated by Hamid Mavani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kadivar, Mohsen, author.
- Series:
- In translation. Modern muslim thinkers.
- Edinburgh scholarship online.
- In translation. Modern muslim thinkers
- Edinburgh scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Tağı, Rafiq, 1950-.
- Tağı, Rafiq.
- Blasphemy (Islam).
- Apostasy--Islam.
- Apostasy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press in association with The Aga Khan University, 2021.
- Summary:
- The gripping story of an Azerbaijani journalist and writer who was condemned to death by an Iranian cleric for a blasphemous news article in 2006. Mohsen Kadivar debates the case with Muhammad Jawad Fazel.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I Blasphemy and Apostasy
- 1 The Background of the Treatise
- 2 Treatise on Refuting the Punishment for Blasphemy and Apostasy – by Kadivar
- Appendix 1 A Further Clarification of Lankarānī Jr’s Position
- Appendix 2 Rāfiq Taqī in his Own Words and in the Words of his Defenders
- Part II Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech – by Kadivar
- 1 Islam: Between the Freedom of Expression and the Prohibition of Hate Speech
- 2 Letter of Censure to the Jurists who Issued the Latest Judgement on Apostasy
- 3 Insulting the Prophet is a Form of Hate Speech
- 4 Request for Clarifi cation from the Jurists who Defend “Suff ocating the Religionists”
- Appendix 3: Imam [Ali]: Political Leader or Exemplary Role Model – by ‘Alī Aṣghar Gharavī
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Notes:
- Translated from the Farsi.
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 26, 2021).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781474457606
- 1474457606
- 9781474495394
- 1474495397
- 9781474457590
- 1474457592
- OCLC:
- 1255222860
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