Islamic Legitimacy in a Plural Asia (Routledge Contemporary Asia)

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By Anthony Reid:
Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 197
Publication Date: 2008-01-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415451736

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A global debate has emerged within Islam about how to coexist with democracy. Even in Asia, where such ideas have always been marginal, radical groups are taking the view that scriptural authority requires either Islamic rule (Dar-ul-Islam) or a state of war with the essentially illegitimate authority of non-Muslims or secularists. This book places the debate in a specifically Asian context.

It draws attention to Asia (east of Afghanistan), as not only the home of the majority of the world’s Muslims but also Islam’s historic laboratory in dealing with religious pluralism. In Asia, pluralism is not simply a contemporary development of secular democracies, but a long-tested pattern based on both principle and pragmatism. For many centuries, Muslims in Asia have argued about the legitimacy of non-Islamic government over Muslims, and the legitimacy of non-Muslim peoples, polities and rights under Islamic governance.

This book analyses such debates and the ways they have been reconciled, in South and Southeast Asia, up to the present. The evidence presented here suggests that Muslims have adapted flexibly and creatively to the pluralism with which they have lived, and are likely to continue to do so.

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Islamic Beliefs and Practices (The Islamic World)

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By Matt Stefon
Publisher: Rosen Education Service
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2009-12-20
ISBN-10 : 1615300171

What are the percepts of Shari'ah law? What role did Genghis Khan play in Islamic history? How do the teachings of the Qur'an mesh with those of other religious texts? Islamic Beliefs and Practices is part of a 3 book series. In this powerful, probing, and thought-provoking series, the world of Islam is explored and explained. With coverage from around the world and across the centuries, each book provides a thorough look into the religion with nearly two billion adherents worldwide.

Readers will develop a comprehensive understanding of this incredibly rich faith and its contributions to world culture and history. They will gain access to authentic ideas and concepts, which unfortunately have been somewhat distorted by recent events that were carried out in the name of Islam.

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Islamic History (The Islamic World)

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By Laura S. Etheredge
Publisher: Rosen Education Service
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2009-12-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 161530021X, PDF 5 Mb

What are the percepts of Shari'ah law? What role did Genghis Khan play in Islamic history? How do the teachings of the Qur'an mesh with those of other religious texts? Islamic History is part of a 3 book series. In this powerful, probing, and thought-provoking series, the world of Islam is explored and explained. With coverage from around the world and across the centuries, each book provides a thorough look into the religion with nearly two billion adherents worldwide.

Readers will develop a comprehensive understanding of this incredibly rich faith and its contributions to world culture and history. They will gain access to authentic ideas and concepts, which unfortunately have been somewhat distorted by recent events that were carried out in the name of Islam.

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Al-Farabi, Founder of Islamic Neoplatonism: His Life, Works, and Influence (Great Islamic Thinkers)

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By Majid Fakhry
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Number Of Pages: 208, 2002
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 185168302X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781851683024

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This is the only available comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of the ninth-century Islamic pjilosopher, Al-Farabi.

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i think this book is acomprehensive study of philosophical thoughtwiely presented within a sphere of the two thought structures. the western foundation of thought and the eastern foundations for islamic thought. considering plato and socrates , aristotle were from the caucases mountatins i wouldnt even call them western but my point is is a good study book to understand philosophy on a academic level . good read on efor the book list

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Studies in Islamic Legal Theory (Studies in Islamic Law and Society) (Studies in Islamic Law and Society)

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By Bernard G. Weiss
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Number Of Pages: 437
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9004120661
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789004120662
Binding: Hardcover, PDF 24 Mb

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Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century (Themes in Islamic Law)

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By Rudolph Peters
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 232, Date: 2006-03-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521796709

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In recent years some of the more fundamentalist regimes in the developing world (such as those of Iran, Pakistan, Sudan and the northern states of Nigeria) have reintroduced Islamic law in place of western criminal codes. Rudolph Peters presents a detailed account of the classical doctrine and traces the enforcement of criminal law from the Ottoman period to the present day.

Accounts of actual cases, ranging from theft and banditry to murder, fornication and apostasy, shed light on the complexities of the law, and the sensitivity and intelligence of the qadis who implemented it.

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