Religion, law and society : a Christian-Muslim discussion / Tarek Mitri, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Geneva : WCC Publications ; Kampen : Kok Pharos Publishing Co., c1995.Description: xvi, 137 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 2825411485 (WCC)
  • 9039005141 (Kok Pharos)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291.17 M697r
Contents:
Introduction / Tarek Mitri -- Typologies of religion and state / Sheila McDonough -- Sharīʻah and modernity / Walid Saif -- Implications of Sharīʻah, Fiqh and Qānūn in an Islamic state / Tayyib Z. Al-Abdin -- Sharīʻah, change and plural societies / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- Tashrīʻ (process of law-making) in Islam / Asghar Ali Engineer -- Notes on Sharīʻah, Fiqh and Ijtihād / Mokhtar Ihsan Aziz -- On the urgency of Ijtihād / Khalid Ziadeh -- Sharīʻah and religious pluralism / Bert F. Breiner -- Islamic Sharīʻah and the status of non-Muslims / Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani -- Muslim minorities and Sharīʻah in Europe / Gé Speelman
Secularism and religion / Mohammed Ben-Yunusa -- Religion and secularization : introductory remarks from a Western-Christian perspective / Heinz Klautke -- Secularism and religion : alternative bases for the quest for a genuine pluralism / Bert F. Breiner -- State, religion, and laïcité : the Western European experience / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- Role of religious institutions and 'ulamā' in a contemporary Muslim society / Tayyib Z. Al-Abdin -- Human rights and Islamic revivalism / Walid Saif -- Differing perceptions of human rights : Asian- African interventions at the [United Nations] Human Rights Conference / Thomas Michel.

"This book is the fruit of two Christian-Muslim colloquia convened by the Office on Interreligious Relations of the World Council of Churches ... held in Switzerland (Geneva and Nyon) in December 1992 and November 1993."--P. xiii.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Tarek Mitri -- Typologies of religion and state / Sheila McDonough -- Sharīʻah and modernity / Walid Saif -- Implications of Sharīʻah, Fiqh and Qānūn in an Islamic state / Tayyib Z. Al-Abdin -- Sharīʻah, change and plural societies / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- Tashrīʻ (process of law-making) in Islam / Asghar Ali Engineer -- Notes on Sharīʻah, Fiqh and Ijtihād / Mokhtar Ihsan Aziz -- On the urgency of Ijtihād / Khalid Ziadeh -- Sharīʻah and religious pluralism / Bert F. Breiner -- Islamic Sharīʻah and the status of non-Muslims / Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani -- Muslim minorities and Sharīʻah in Europe / Gé Speelman

Secularism and religion / Mohammed Ben-Yunusa -- Religion and secularization : introductory remarks from a Western-Christian perspective / Heinz Klautke -- Secularism and religion : alternative bases for the quest for a genuine pluralism / Bert F. Breiner -- State, religion, and laïcité : the Western European experience / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- Role of religious institutions and 'ulamā' in a contemporary Muslim society / Tayyib Z. Al-Abdin -- Human rights and Islamic revivalism / Walid Saif -- Differing perceptions of human rights : Asian- African interventions at the [United Nations] Human Rights Conference / Thomas Michel.

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