Ali, Souad Tagelsir.

A religion, not a state Ali Abd al-Raziq's Islamic justification of political secularism / [electronic resource] : Souad Tagelsir Ali. - Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 163 p.)

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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.

9781607819516 (electronic bk.) 1607819511 (electronic bk.)


ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻAlī, 1888-1966 --Political and social views.


Islam and politics.
Islam and secularism.
Caliphate.


Electronic books.

BP173.7 / .A4966 2009eb

297.2/72