Silenced - How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes Are Choking Freedom Worldwide

Informationen zum Autor Paul Marshall is Senior Fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute. Nina Shea is Director of the Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute. Klappentext Blasphemy accusations in the Muslim world are increasingly used as key tools by authoritarian governments and extremist forces to acquire and consolidate their power. These charges, which draw on disputed interpretations of Islamic law and carry a traditional punishment of death, have proved effective in crushing or intimidating not only converts and heterodox groups, but also political and religious reformers. This volume provides the first world survey of the range and effects of such accusations in the contemporary Muslim world, in international organizations, and in the West.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Marshall, Paul/ Shea Marshall, Nina Shea
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 28.10.2011, delayed
• EAN: 9780199812288
• ISBN: 978-0-19-981228-8
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities