Title: Theocrats Living under Secular Law: An External Engagement with Islamic Legal Theory
Abstract: The idea of a divinely revealed Law1 has long been central to Muslim identity. As Islam developed and flourished for the vast majority of its history as the public religion of state power, doctrines of public law and political obligation, no less than matters of worship and ritual, have always been objects of intense practical concern. On this conception of religious morality, a political order is legitimate to the extent that it approximates an ideal legal order as expressed in the idea of shari'a, just as for a political liberal a political order is legitimate to the extent it approximates the terms of social cooperation as would be endorsed by parties contracting in ideal circumstances, whether something like the Original Position or an ideal speech situation.KeywordsMinority ConditionPolitical LiberalismMuslim CommunityReligious FreedomIslamic ScholarThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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