The Challenge of Political Islam: Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State
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The Challenge of Political Islam: Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State
The Challenge of Political Islam: Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State

The Challenge of Political Islam: Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State

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Rachel Scott (Author)  

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The rise of political Islam has provoked considerable debate about the compatibility of democracy, tolerance, and pluralism with the Islamist position. As The Challenge of Political Islam reveals, Egyptian Islamists today are more integrated into the political arena than ever, and are voicing a broad spectrum of positions, including a vision of Islamic citizenship more inclusive of non-Muslims. Based on Islamist writings, political tracts, and interviews with Islamists-including members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and other important contemporary thinkers-this book looks closely at how modern, politically-oriented Egyptian Islamists perceive non-Muslims in an Islamic state and how non-Muslims respond. Clarifying the movement's aims, this work uncovers how Islamists have responded to the pressures of modernity, the degree to which the movement has been influenced by both a historical Islamic framework and Western modes of political thinking, and the necessity to reconsider the notion that secularism is a precondition for toleration. CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
Rachel Scott is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
  • Contributor: Rachel Scott
  • Imprint: Stanford University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780804769051
  • Number of Pages: 294
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 522
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Stanford University Press
  • Release Date: 2010-04-23
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Rachel Scott is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

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