Azim Zahir

Islam and Democracy in the Maldives

Interrogating Reformist Islam's Role in Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines Islam's relationship to democratization in the Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives. It explores how and why an electoral democracy based in constitution that has many liberal features but also Islam-based limitations, especially lack of religious freedom, emerged in the country by 2009.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781032015538
• ISBN-10: 1032015535
• Artikelnr.: 62717608

Autorenporträt

Azim Zahir is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1 Interrogating the Reformist Islam Approach. 2 The Seeding
of Islam as a Modern Institutional Political Religion (1932-1978). 3
Reformist Islam and Modern Nation Building (1932-1978). 4 Islam's emergence
as a modern discursive political religion and institutional consolidation
(1978-2003). 5 Reformist Islam, Human Rights, and Democratisation
(2003-2009). 6 Explaining Institutionalisation of Islam and Religion-Based
Limitations. Conclusion