Overview
- Offers a significant and original contribution to the study of civil disobedience and nonviolent political actions from Islamic viewpoint
- Provides an important contribution to the existing corpus of knowledge in the study of civil disobedience and non-violent political action
- Considers alternative discourses to violence and terrorism vis-à-vis Muslims’ attempt to effect change in the political domain
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This book addresses contemporary debates on civil disobedience in Islam within the rich Sunni tradition, especially during the height of the non‐violent people revolution in various Arab countries, popularly known as the Arab Spring. It illustrates the Islamic theological and jurisprudential arguments presented by those who either permit or prohibit acts of civil disobedience for the purpose of changing government, political systems or policy. The book analyses the nature of the debate and considers how a theological position on civil disobedience should be formulated in contemporary time, and makes the case for alternatives to violent political action such as jihadism, terrorism and armed rebellion.
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Book Title: Civil Disobedience in Islam
Book Subtitle: A Contemporary Debate
Authors: Muhammad Haniff Hassan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3271-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3270-7Published: 25 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9831-4Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3271-4Published: 13 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 220
Topics: Religious Studies, general, Terrorism and Political Violence, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Islamic Theology