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| Varying Form of Title: | Interfaith relations in the Muslim tradition
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| ISBN: | 051106263X
9780511062636
0511056303
9780511056307
9780511326431
0511326432
9780521827034
0521827035
0511121482
9780511121487
9780511497568
0511497563
1280161485
9781280161483
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-214) and indexes.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Since the beginning of its history, Islam has encountered other religious communities both in Arabia and in the territories conquered during its expansion. Muslims faced other religions from the position of a ruling power and were therefore able to determine the nature of that relationship in accordance with their world-view and beliefs. Yohanan Friedmann's original and erudite study examines questions of religious tolerance as they appear in the Qur'an and in the prophetic tradition, and analyses the principle that Islam is exalted above all religions, discussing the ways in which this principle was reflected in various legal pronouncements. The book also considers the various interpretations of the Qur'anic verse according to which 'No compulsion is there in religion!', noting that, despite the apparent meaning of this verse, Islamic law allowed the practice of religious coercion against Manichaeans and Arab idolaters, as well as against women and children in certain circumstances. -- Publisher description.
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| Other form: | Print version: Friedmann, Yohanan. Tolerance and coercion in Islam. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521827035
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