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Author:   Marshall ,  Shea
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.674kg
ISBN:  

9780199812288

ISBN 10:   0199812284
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   31 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I Chapter 1: Introduction PART II: MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRIES Introduction to Muslim Majority Countries Chapter 2: Saudi Arabia Chapter 3: Iran Chapter 4: Egypt Chapter 5: Pakistan Chapter 6: Afghanistan Chapter 7: The Greater Middle East Chapter 8: Africa Chapter 9: South and South East Asia PART III: THE GLOBALIZATION OF BLASPHEMY Introduction to Western Countries and International Blasphemy Chapter 10: Islam and Blasphemy on the International Stage 1989-2009 Chapter 11: Legitimizing Repression: Blasphemy Restrictions in the United Nations Chapter 12: Religiously Incorrect: Islam, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech In Western Domestic Law Chapter 13: Enforcement by Violence and Intimidation PART IV: MUSLIM CRITICISM OF APOSTASY AND BLASPHEMY LAWS Introduction to Muslim Voices Chapter 14: Renewing Qur'anic Studies in the Contemporary World, by Nasr Hamid Abu-Zayd Chapter 15: Rethinking Classical Muslim Law of Apostasy and the Death Penalty, by Abdullah Saeed PART V: CONCLUSIONS Chapter 16: Conclusions

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Silenced is an uncomfortable but essential contribution to a most important debate that many would prefer to sit out. Its sober, balanced, and detailed account of the threat from Islamic blasphemy laws - whether in Pakistan, at the U.N., or in Europe - lucidly demonstrates that we do so at our own peril. National Review

<br> Islamists, claiming they want only respect for their religion, are imposing brutal punishments for apostasy and blasphemy in the non-Muslim as well as the Muslim world. In this eloquent and definitive work Marshall and Shea make a powerful case that for us to accommodate this, anywhere, would be disastrous--weakening truly moderate Muslims and those of us who support them, and seriously crippling our own freedoms of speech and religion. -- R. James Woolsey, Chairman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Former Director of Central Intelligence <br><p><br>

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Paul Marshall is Senior Fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute. Nina Shea is Director of the Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute.

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