Islam and the Secular State

What should be the place of Shari'a - Islamic religious law - in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari'a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies.

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im Na, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad Naʻīm. CHAPTER. 3.
Constitutionalism,. Human. Rights,. and. Citizenship. In this chapter I will discuss
constitutionalism, human rights, and citizenship as an integrated framework for
regulating the practical way secularism works to negotiate the tension between
the religious neutrality of the state and the connectedness of Islam and public
policy. Constitutionalism provides a legal and political framework for realizing
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