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Civil Disobedience in Islam: A Contemporary Debate

By Muhammad Haniff Hassan (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
ISBN
978-981-10-3270-7, 978-981-10-3271-4
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-3271-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2161484 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XIX, 220\232
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
Equality and Human Rights;Islamic Theologygeneral;Terrorism and Political Violence;Social JuReligious Studies

Description

This book addresses contemporary debates on civil disobedience in Islam within the rich Sunni tradition, especially during the height of the non‐violent people revolution in various Arab countries, popularly known as the Arab Spring. It illustrates the Islamic theological and jurisprudential arguments presented by those who either permit or prohibit acts of civil disobedience for the purpose of changing government, political systems or policy. The book analyses the nature of the debate and considers how a theological position on civil disobedience should be formulated in contemporary time, and makes the case for alternatives to violent political action such as jihadism, terrorism and armed rebellion.

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