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Religious Freedom in Islam - The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today (Hardcover)
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Religious Freedom in Islam - The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today (Hardcover)
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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. It 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. The 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. It 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. In this thoughtful book, Philpott seeks to establish
a constructive middle ground in a fiery and long-lasting debate
over Islam.
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