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.)
Description based on print version record.
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.