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Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition » (Reissue)

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Authors: Yohanan Friedmann, David Morgan
ISBN-13: 9780521026994, ISBN-10: 0521026997
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: Reissue

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Author Biography: Yohanan Friedmann

Yohanan Friedmann is Max Shloessinger Professor of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His publications include Prophecy Continuous: Aspects of Ahmadi Religious Thought and its Medieval Background (2002).

Book Synopsis

Friedmann's study sheds light on medieval attitudes to religious tolerance.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction1
1Religious diversity and hierarchy of religions13
2Classification of unbelievers54
3Is there no compulsion in religion?87
4Apostasy121
5Interfaith marriages160
6Concluding observations194
Selected Bibliography200
General Index215
Index of Qur'anic verses231
Index of prophetic traditions233

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