Islam and liberal citizenship the search for an overlapping consensus /

• Main Author: March, Andrew F., 1976-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.
• Subjects: Citizenship (Islamic law); Muslims > Non-Muslim countries.; Pluralism > Religious aspects > Islam.; Liberalism > Religious aspects > Islam.; Citizenship > Europe.; Liberalism > Europe.; Islam and secularism > Europe.; Citizenship.; Islam and secularism.; Liberalism.; Muslims.; Pluralism.; RELIGION > Law. > Islam; Electronic books.
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Some argue that Muslims have no tradition of separation of church and state and therefore can't participate in secular, pluralist society. At the other extreme, some Muslims argue that it is the duty of all believers to resist western forms of government and to impose Islamic law. Andrew F. Mar...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Moral Conflict, Political Liberalism, and Islamic Ethics
• Part I. Justificatory Comparative Political Theory: The Search for Overlapping Consensus through "Conjecture". 1. Purposes: The Place of Justificatory Comparative Political Theory
• - 2. Methods: The Ethics of Comparative Ethics
• Part II. Islam and Liberal Citizenship: Patterns of Moral Disagreement and Principled Reconciliation. 3. Islamic Objections to Citizenship in Non-Muslim Liberal Democracies
• - 4. Identifying Equilibrium: An Ideal-Typical Islamic Doctrine of Citizenship
• Part III. Islamic Affirmations of Liberal Citizenship. 5. Residence in a Non-Muslim State
• - 6. Loyalty to a Non-Muslim State
• - 7. Recognition of Non-Muslims and Moral Pluralism
• - 8. Solidarity with Non-Muslims
• Conclusion: Tradition and Creativity in Grounding Moral Obligation to Non-Muslims.