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Non-Muslims in Muslim Majority Societies
Ahlstrand, Kajsa; Gunner, Goran
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In a world where almost all societies are multi-religious and multi-ethnic, we need to study how social cohesion can be achieved in different contexts. In some geographical areas, as in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, people of different religious belonging have, through the ages, lived side by side, sometimes in harmony and sometimes in dissonance. In other geographical regions, as in Scandinavia, societies have been quite religiously homogeneous but only recently challenged by immigration. In both locations the relations between religious minority and majority are very much on the agenda. In order to discuss the situation for non-Muslims ... Read more
In a world where almost all societies are multi-religious and multi-ethnic, we need to study how social cohesion can be achieved in different contexts. In some geographical areas, as in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, people of different religious belonging have, through the ages, lived side by side, sometimes in harmony and sometimes in dissonance. In other geographical regions, as in Scandinavia, societies have been quite religiously homogeneous but only recently challenged by immigration. In both locations the relations between religious minority and majority are very much on the agenda. In order to discuss the situation for non-Muslims ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718892449
SKU
V9780718892449
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About Ahlstrand, Kajsa; Gunner, Goran
Kasja Ahlstand is Professor of Mission Studies at Uppsala University Göran Gunner is a researcher at the Church of Sweden Research Department and an associate professor at the University of Uppsala. He is author and editor of several books in Swedish about freedom of religion and other human rights issues.
Reviews for Non-Muslims in Muslim Majority Societies
''With verve and insight, the contributors discuss the concept ''minority'', and suggest its replacement by the less divisive term ''citizenship''; the status of non-Muslims in a future Palestinian state; the legal situation of non-Muslim women in Pakistan; and the ''Islamization of laws in Pakistan and its effect on minorities''. The book concludes with a look at how ''Christians who find ... Read more