Muslims Against the Islamic State

Arab Critics and Supporters of Ali Abdarraziq¿s Islamic Laicism
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-631-65554-2
Verlag: Peter Lang

Buch, Englisch, 361 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

The central thesis of this study is that there are religious Muslims who are against the Islamic State for Islamic reasons. Its main goal is to explain Ali Abdarraziq’s (1888–1966) Islamic Laicism and to show the arguments of some of his Arab critics and supporters. Abdarraziq’s Islamic Laicism is based on his Arabic work Islam and the Foundations of Governance: A Research of the Caliphate and Government in Islam (1925). In order to protect the people and the religion from the abuse of power by the state or the mosque, the Islamic Laicists Nasr Abu Zayd, Jamal al-Banna, Faraj Fodah, Abdullahi al-Na’im, and Turki al-Hamad want to separate the religious institutions (the mosque) from the political institutions (the state).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radhan, Luay

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Der Islam und die Moderne (Westliche) Welt
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Islamic State versus Islamic Laicism (Secularism) – Ali Abdarraziq’s Life and the Battle around his Book – Classical Political Theory in Islam – Disempowering the Caliphate – Islam and the Foundations of Governance – Islamic Laicists (Secularists) versus Islamists – State Power and Moral Principles.

Über Autor(innen)

Luay Radhan studied Political Science, Middle East Studies and English Philology at Heidelberg University (Germany) and Middle East Studies at Marburg University (Germany). His research focuses on Islamic Laicism and the relationship between religious and political institutions.