Non-muslim citizenship in Islamic law: juristic polemics and Malaysian reality
The status of non-Muslim minorities in a Muslim nation in present day societies is a contested issue in modern Islamic law. Most of Muslim legists advance the view that non-Muslim minorities cannot enjoy equal rights with Muslims as they are dhimmis. Another group arguing for equal rights, however,...
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iium-439362016-05-24T01:11:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43936/ Non-muslim citizenship in Islamic law: juristic polemics and Malaysian reality Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi BP1 Islam HM Sociology KPG Malaysia The status of non-Muslim minorities in a Muslim nation in present day societies is a contested issue in modern Islamic law. Most of Muslim legists advance the view that non-Muslim minorities cannot enjoy equal rights with Muslims as they are dhimmis. Another group arguing for equal rights, however, maintains that today`s Muslim nation states are totally new political structures to which much of the traditional aspects of classical Islamic law including the notion of dimmah does not apply. This study attempts to show that the traditional concept of dhimmi still somewhat defines the position of non-Muslim minorities in the thinking of the legal scholars. Nevertheless, on critical and fundamental issues of rights, non-Muslims in Malaysia enjoy much greater rights which their counterparts in Muslim majority countries never dreamt of during pre-modern times. 2015-06-09 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43936/4/slide-Non-Muslim_Citizenship_in_Islamic_Law.pptx application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43936/5/Non-Muslim_Citizenship-edt%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43936/16/43936.pdf Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi (2015) Non-muslim citizenship in Islamic law: juristic polemics and Malaysian reality. In: 3rd International Conference on Social Science Research 2015, 8th & 9th June, 2015, Melia Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://worldconferences.net/icssr/ |
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The status of non-Muslim minorities in a Muslim nation in present day societies is a contested issue in modern Islamic law. Most of Muslim legists advance the view that non-Muslim minorities cannot enjoy equal rights with Muslims as they are dhimmis. Another group arguing for equal rights, however, maintains that today`s Muslim nation states are totally new political structures to which much of the traditional aspects of classical Islamic law including the notion of dimmah does not apply. This study attempts to show that the traditional concept of dhimmi still somewhat defines the position of non-Muslim minorities in the thinking of the legal scholars. Nevertheless, on critical and fundamental issues of rights, non-Muslims in Malaysia enjoy much greater rights which their counterparts in Muslim majority countries never dreamt of during pre-modern times. |
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Non-muslim citizenship in Islamic law: juristic polemics and Malaysian reality |
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Non-muslim citizenship in Islamic law: juristic polemics and Malaysian reality |
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Non-muslim citizenship in Islamic law: juristic polemics and Malaysian reality |
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