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Christians of Lebanon: Political Rights in Islamic Law »

Authors: David Grafton
ISBN-13: 9781860649448, ISBN-10: 1860649440
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: David Grafton

David D. Grafton is a pastor of the Lutheran Church in America in Cairo, Egypt. He is also a lecturer at Dar Camboni Arabic Studies Institute.

Book Synopsis

This book examines the Islamic categories of Christians under Islamic law and compares them with the status of Christians within Lebanon. David Grafton reviews the opinions of four Lebanese Muslim scholars (two Sunni and two Shi'a) regarding Christian political rights during the Lebanese Civil War. In such a diverse and complicated social context as Lebanon, how do these scholars respond to the position of the Christian community which claims political supremacy by maintaining its hold on the Presidency?

1	Textual sources of al-Dhimma	15
2	The development of the classical-medieval views of Dhimmi political rights	44
3	Ottoman practice regarding non-Muslim "citizens" within Lebanon/Syria	64
4	Formation of the Lebanese state & the Christian presidency	90
5	The position of Ulema in Lebanese society and politics	115
6	Objections to the formula of the confessional state	136
7	"Objections of principle" to the confessional state	162

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Christians of Lebanon: Political Rights in Islamic Law »

Author Biography: David Grafton

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