The Challenge of Political Islam : Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State
Based on Islamist writings, political tracts, and interviews with Islamists, this book examines Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt from the perspective of Islamic conceptions of citizenship, and provides non-Muslim responses to those views.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Redwood City : Stanford University Press,
2010
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| Schlagworte: | Islam Islam and state Religion and state Copts Religious minorities Coptic Church ; Relations ; Islam Copts ; Politics and government Islam ; Relations ; Coptic Church Islam and state ; Egypt Religion and state ; Egypt mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Based on Islamist writings, political tracts, and interviews with Islamists, this book examines Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt from the perspective of Islamic conceptions of citizenship, and provides non-Muslim responses to those views. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Non-Muslims in Classical Islam -- 2. Continuity, Discontinuity, and the Rise of Islamism -- 3. Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State -- 4. The Dhimma -- 5. Toward Citizenship -- 6. Citizenship in an Islamic State -- 7. Coptic Responses -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780804774710 0804774714 9780804769051 0804769052 |