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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Muhammad Khalid Masud (Council of Islamic Ideology, Pakistan) , Kari Vogt (University of Oslo, Norway) , Lena Larsen (University of Oslo, Norway) , Christian Moe (Independent writer)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9780755638826ISBN 10: 0755638824 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 25 February 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction, Muhammad Khalid Masud, International Islamic University, Pakistan; Kari Vogt, University of Oslo, Norway; Lena Larsen, University of Oslo, Norway; & Christian Moe, Independent Scholar PART ONE: THE HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION Blasphemy Laws in Islam: Towards a Rethinking?, Abdullah Saeed, The University of Melbourne, Australia Freedom of Religion in Qur'anic Exegesis, Omaima Abou-Bakr, Cairo University, Egypt al-Qadi ’Iyad’s Defence of the Prophet and of Scholarly Tradition: al-Shifa’, Nora S. Eggen, University of Oslo, Norway Hermeneutic shifts in the definition of blasphemy: Reading Ibn Taymiyya’s al-Sarim al-Maslul ’aala, Shatim al-Rasul, Muhammad Khalid Masud, International Islamic University, Pakistan PART TWO: PRESENT PRACTICES The Crimes of Blasphemy and Apostasy in Iran, Mohammad Mostafaei, Iranian human rights lawyer Guarding the Mainstream: Blasphemy and Apostasy in Egypt, Moataz El Fegiery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Plurality, Dissent and Hegemony: The Story Behind Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law, Arafat Mazhar, Engage Pakistan, Pakistan; and Syed Zainuddin Moulvi, University of Virginia, USA Politics of Fatwa, ‘Deviant Groups’ and Takfir in the Context of Indonesian pluralism: A Study of the Council of Indonesian Ulama, Syafiq Hasyim, State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia PART THREE: NEW DIRECTIONS Transgressing All Bounds? Gendering Authority and Engendering Orthodoxy, Kecia Ali, Boston University, USA Re-framing Reform: Lessons from the Apostasy Trials of Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari and Hashem Aghajari, Mahmoud Sadri, Texas Woman's University, USA Toward Removing the Punishment of Apostasy in Islam, Mohsen Kadivar, Duke University, USAReviewsThis book provides an uncompromisingly honest and exhaustive treatment of the laws of blasphemy and apostasy in Islam. This well-written and highly accessible collection of essays will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in freedom expression and belief in the classical Islamic tradition and the modern Muslim world. -- Khaled M. Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, USA Author InformationMuhammad Khalid Masud is an ad hoc member of the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is co-editor of Dispensing Justice in Islam: Qadis and Their Judgments (2006) and Islam and Modernity: An Introduction to Key Issues and Debates (2009). Kari Vogt is Associate Professor (emeritus) at the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has published widely on Islamic and Middle East issues. Lena Larsen is Director of the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is the author of How Muftis Think: Islamic Legal Thought and Muslim Women in Western Europe (2018). Christian Moe is an independent writer and researcher based in Slovenia. He has written on human rights and religion, religious education, and contemporary Islam in the former Yugoslavia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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