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Informationen zum Autor Sean Oliver-Dee is Associate Researcher of Inter-Religious Affairs at the Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the EU and Associate Research Fellow at the London School of Theology. He is also a consultant on religio-political issues for a number of think-tanks, NGOs and government departments in the UK and overseas. His PhD was published as The Caliphate Question: British Government and Islamic Governance in 2009. Klappentext Engaging with both Muslim minority and government perspectives! this is important reading for scholars! students! commentators and policy-makers concerned with the question of Western engagement with its own minorities. Zusammenfassung Engaging with both Muslim minority and government perspectives, this is important reading for scholars, students, commentators and policy-makers concerned with the question of Western engagement with its own minorities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Historical and Theological Background1. State, Citizenship and the Law: Islamic Theology and History2.ial Interaction with Islam: Historical ContextualisationSection 2: Islam in Minority: Citizenship and the Ummah3. Should Muslims Always Obey Those in Authority Over Them, Even When They Are Not Muslims?4. From Ijtihad to Khilafah State: On What Level Should the Notion of the Muslim Community Function? Section 3: Islam in the Minority: Shari'a and the State5. The Introduction of Shari'a into British Imperial India: Issues and Questions6. French Imperial Interaction with Shari'a.7. The New World: Citizenship, Identity and the New EuropeConclusionsNotesBibliographyIndex
