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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Yohanan Friedmann |
| ISBN: | 0521827035 9780521827034 |
| OCLC Number: | 51505635 |
| Description: | xi, 233 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Religious diversity and hierarchy of religions -- Classification of unbelievers -- Is there no compulsion in religion? -- Apostasy -- Interfaith marriages -- Concluding observations. |
| Series Title: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. |
| Responsibility: | Yohanan Friedmann. |
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Abstract:
"Since the beginning of its history, Islam has encountered other religious communities both in Arabia and in the territories conquered during its expansion. The most distinctive characteristic of these encounters was that Muslims faced other religions from the position of a ruling power. They were, therefore, able to determine the nature of that relationship in accordance with their world-view and beliefs. Yohanan Friedmann's original and erudite study examines questions of religious tolerance and coercion as they appear in the Qur'an and in the prophetic tradition, and analyses the principle that Islam is exalted above all religions, discussing the ways in which this principle was reflected in various legal pronouncements. The book also considers the various interpretations of the Qur'anic verse according to which 'No compulsion is there is religion ...', noting that, despite the apparent meaning of this verse, Islamic law allowed religious coercion to be practiced against Manichaeans and Arab idolaters, as well as against women and children in certain circumstances."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Religious tolerance -- Islam.
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