The Challenge of Political Islam: Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State

Rachel Scott

Published by Stanford University Press 2010

The Challenge of Political Islam

Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State

Rachel Scott

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804774710

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About this book

Based on Islamist writings, political tracts, and interviews with Islamists, this book examines Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt from the perspective of Islamic conceptions of citizenship, and provides non-Muslim responses to those views.

Author / Editor information

Rachel Scott is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Reviews

Bruce Lawrence:
"Scott gauges seismic changes within Middle Eastern society from the bottom up. This exemplary work demonstrates how far some Islamists, namely the moderate middle, have departed from their contemporaries, and links crucial debates framed mainly in Arabic discourse to broader debates concerning citizenship, national identity, and public consensus in 21st-century Egypt."

Dustin W. Ellington:
"Scott presents her timely subject with the nuance and complexity that it deserves . . . [S]tudents of Christian-Muslim relations and of the intersection between religion and politics in the Middle East will find Scott's research to be a rich mine of data and analysis. The book will be of considerable interest to those who wish to learn about the political situation of Middle Eastern Christian, especially the Copts in Egypt."

Andrew March:
"The Challenge of Political Islam stands alone. It addresses a very sensitive topic with great subtlety and detail, revealing the many faultlines in the complicated and evolving debate over non-Muslims, dhimma, and citizenship."

Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad:
"Drawing on her extraordinary access to both Coptic and Muslim Brotherhood intellectuals, Rachel Scott provides a lucid and important study that transcends the posturing and the polemics. A must-read for anyone interested in Christian-Muslim relations in general and the issues being negotiated in Egypt in particular."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Notes on Transliteration Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Non-Muslims in Classical Islam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2. Continuity, Discontinuity, and the Rise of Islamism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3. Non-Muslims and the Egyptian State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4. The Dhimma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
5. Toward Citizenship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
6. Citizenship in an Islamic State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
7. Coptic Responses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
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Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 296

eBook

Published: April 23, 2010
ISBN: 9780804774710