The question of minorities in Islam: theoretical perspectives and case studies

Difference, diversity and variation among human beings, both as individuals and groups, and hence, the presence of the different Other together with the Self have always been one of the main expressions and ramifications of the original identity and essential unity of the human species. Unity in div...

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Other Authors: El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir
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Language:English
Published: The Other Press 2015
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spelling iium-456652018-04-25T00:27:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45665/ The question of minorities in Islam: theoretical perspectives and case studies BP173.65 Islam and religious liberty Difference, diversity and variation among human beings, both as individuals and groups, and hence, the presence of the different Other together with the Self have always been one of the main expressions and ramifications of the original identity and essential unity of the human species. Unity in diversity, or vice versa, is one of the wonders of the creation exemplified in the creature that has been given pre-eminence and glory in the cosmos as God’s trustee and vicegerent on earth. Whatever the manifestations of difference and forms of diversity and plurality obtaining in and among human societies might be, they in no way obliterate human original identity and essential unity emanating from a God-fashioned original nature or fitrah. The Other Press El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir 2015 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45665/4/The_Question_of_Minorities_in_Islam_-_Theoretical_Perspectives_and_Case_Studies_-_Edited_and_with_an_Introduction_by_Mohamed_El-Tahir_El-Mesawi-Completed.pdf El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir, ed. (2015) The question of minorities in Islam: theoretical perspectives and case studies. The Other Press, Kuala Lumpur. ISBN 978-983-9541-98-4
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The question of minorities in Islam: theoretical perspectives and case studies
description Difference, diversity and variation among human beings, both as individuals and groups, and hence, the presence of the different Other together with the Self have always been one of the main expressions and ramifications of the original identity and essential unity of the human species. Unity in diversity, or vice versa, is one of the wonders of the creation exemplified in the creature that has been given pre-eminence and glory in the cosmos as God’s trustee and vicegerent on earth. Whatever the manifestations of difference and forms of diversity and plurality obtaining in and among human societies might be, they in no way obliterate human original identity and essential unity emanating from a God-fashioned original nature or fitrah.
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title The question of minorities in Islam: theoretical perspectives and case studies
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title_full The question of minorities in Islam: theoretical perspectives and case studies
title_fullStr The question of minorities in Islam: theoretical perspectives and case studies
title_full_unstemmed The question of minorities in Islam: theoretical perspectives and case studies
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publisher The Other Press
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/45665/
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