A religion, not a state [electronic resource] : Ali Abd al-Raziq's Islamic justification of political secularism / Souad Tagelsir Ali.
Publication details: Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 163 p.)ISBN:- 9781607819516 (electronic bk.)
- 1607819511 (electronic bk.)
- 297.2/72 22
- BP173.7 .A4966 2009eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.
Introduction: Background and overview -- Classical juristic theories of the caliphate : from idealism to accommodationism -- The caliphate in the colonial era -- Ali Abd al-Raziq's intellectual formation and his place among the disciples of Muhammad Abduh -- The central message -- The ruling system in the time of the prophet -- Critiques of Abd al-Raziq's position -- The implications of Abd al-Raziq's study for the debate over Islam and politics.
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