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Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’ims senaste bok har kommit ut i engelsk upplaga. Den heter Islam and the Secular State:
Negotiating the Future of Shari’a
Här är en kort presentation av Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im:
Prof. Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im (from Sudan) is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory Law School. An internationally recognized scholar of Islam and human rights, and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives, Professor An-Na’im teaches courses in human rights, religion and human rights, Islamic law, and criminal law. His research interests also include constitutionalism in Islamic and African countries, and Islam and politics. He directs several research projects which focus on advocacy strategies for reform through internal cultural transformation.
Besök professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’ims hemsida här.
Bokpresentationen sker under rubriken Conversations with Champions of Moral Courage på NYU Wagner. Evenemanget leds av Irshad Manji. På sin hemsida återger hon följande citat av Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im:
“I do believe that it is possible, indeed necessary, to reinterpret Islamic sources in order to affirm and protect freedom of religion and belief. This is my position as a Muslim, speaking from an Islamic perspective, and not simply because freedom of religion and belief is a universal human rights norm…”
“It is necessary for me, as a Muslim, to confront this issue in order to uphold the moral integrity of my religious beliefs.”
“The possibility of belief in anything logically requires choice in the matter, as one cannot believe in anything without the freedom and ability to disbelieve it.”
“Instead of censorship… it is critical to maintain possibilities of innovation and dissent as the only way for religion to remain responsive to the needs of believers.”
Det är en mycket intressant nyhet och en spännande bok.
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Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari’a kan beställas här.
Etiketter Islam och sekularism
