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Tolerance and Coercion in Islam - Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition (Paperback, New)
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Tolerance and Coercion in Islam - Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition (Paperback, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
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Since the beginning of its history, Islam has encountered other
religious communities both in Arabia and in the territories
conquered during its expansion. Muslims faced other religions from
the position of a ruling power and 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 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 in religion ...',
noting that, despite the apparent meaning of this verse, Islamic
law allowed the practice of religious coercion against Manichaeans
and Arab idolaters, as well as against women and children in
certain circumstances.
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