RT Article
T1 Muslim anti-secularist discourse in the context of Muslim-Christian relations
JF Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
VO 9
IS 1
SP 47
OP 64
A1 Zebiri, Kate
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 1998
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/596811519
AB This article observes and critically evaluates some of the main components of Muslim anti‐secularist discourse: the assumption that there is ‘no separation between religion and politics’, that the Sharic a represents the antithesis of secularism, that secularism is a specifically Western or Christian phenomenon, and that secularism is causally related to a crisis of values in contemporary Western civilization. After observing some recent attempts to justify secularism on Islamic grounds, the article draws conclusions not just with respect to the discourse but also with regard to the underlying issues. The relevance of this topic to Muslim‐Christian relations emerges in two ways. Firstly, attention is paid to the way in which Christianity, or the West (the two are sometimes conflated), provides a significant Other for the purposes of self‐definition; and secondly, a comparative perspective on certain issues reflects shared concerns between Muslims and Christians on the role of religion in the modem nation‐state.
K1 Religion
K1 Politik
K1 Staat
K1 Islam
K1 Recht
K1 Gesellschaftsmodell
K1 Christentum
K1 Literaturverzeichnis/Bibliographie
K1 Politics
K1 State
K1 Law
K1 Social System
K1 Christianity
K1 Bibliography
DO 10.1080/09596419808721138