With the contemporary discussions of political Islam, how do
minority Muslim communities approach the traditional concept that
Islam is both "religion and politics"? How do Muslim minorities
address the issues of Islamic social organization when they are
either a minority or living within a pluralistic state? Do Muslims
who are integrated within a pluralistic state approach the
traditional aspects of Islamic social-political organization in a
manner different than those Muslims whomake up a majority? This
study examines the Islamic categories of Christians under Islamic
law and compares them with the status of Christians within Lebanon.
David Grafton reviews the opinions of four Lebanese Muslim scholars
(two Sunni and two Shi'a) regarding Christian political rights
during the Lebanese Civil War. In such a diverse and complicated
social context as Lebanon, who do these scholars respond to the
position of the Christian community which claims political
supremacy by maintaining its hold on the presidency? The debate on
political Islam has, to this point, neglected to look seriously at
Muslim communities in pluralistic contexts, and how such contexts
affect their opinions of traditional social-political organization.
This text attempts steps to reverse this trend.
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