State recognition of Islam in Muslim countries invites fierce debate from scholars and politicians alike, some of whom assume an inherent conflict between Islam and liberal democracy. Analyzing case studies and empirical data from several Muslim-majority countries, Ahmed and Abbasi find, counterintuiti...

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Hauptverfasser:	Ahmed, Dawood 1983- (VerfasserIn), Abbasi, Muhammad Zubair 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:	Comparative constitutional law and policy
Schlagworte:	Constitutional law / Islamic countries Human rights / Islamic countries Constitutional law (Islamic law) Law / Islamic countries / Islamic influences
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Zusammenfassung:	State recognition of Islam in Muslim countries invites fierce debate from scholars and politicians alike, some of whom assume an inherent conflict between Islam and liberal democracy. Analyzing case studies and empirical data from several Muslim-majority countries, Ahmed and Abbasi find, counterintuitively, that in many Muslim countries, constitutional recognition of Islam often occurs during moments of democratization. Indeed, the insertion of Islam in a constitution is frequently accompanied by an expansion, not a reduction, in constitutional human rights, with case law from higher courts in Egypt and Pakistan demonstrating that potential tensions between the constitutional pursuit of human rights, liberal democracy and Islam are capable of judicial resolution. The authors also argue that colonial history was pivotal in determining whether a country adopted the constitutional path of Islam or secularism partly explaining why Islam in constitutional politics survived and became more prevalent in Muslim countries that were colonized by the British, and not those colonized by the French or Soviets
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2023) Introduction -- Islamic Constitutionalism: Origins and Present -- What is an Islamic Constitution? -- Constitutional Islamisation and Islamic Supremacy Clauses -- Case Studies -- Islamic Supremacy Clauses and Rights - Islamic Review in Practice -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 209 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781316662618
DOI:	10.1017/9781316662618