Cyber-apostasy: its repercussions on Islam and interfaith relations*
In relations between Islam and the West, apostasy has been an issue of perennial contention. Although the Qur'anic perspective on apostasy is ambiguous, the ?adiths and later Islamic legal thought prescribe harsh sanctions against apostasy, making repudiation of Islam extremely difficult, if no...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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[2017]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Год: 2017, Том: 32, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 189-203 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Ислам (мотив)
/ Вероотступничество
/ Новые медиа
/ Межрелигиозность
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| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Muslims
B Cyber B hadiths B ex-Muslims B Apostates B Religious Freedom B Conscience B Ислам (мотив) B Qur'an B Interreligious B Web sites B Apostasy |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Итог: | In relations between Islam and the West, apostasy has been an issue of perennial contention. Although the Qur'anic perspective on apostasy is ambiguous, the ?adiths and later Islamic legal thought prescribe harsh sanctions against apostasy, making repudiation of Islam extremely difficult, if not impossible, in the Muslim world. Such a coercive approach contravenes the Western value of freedom of conscience and the correlative right to religious freedom. Moreover, the rise of a parallel form of Islamonline- or cyber-Islamhas complicated the issue of apostasy even further. For countless Muslims worldwide, this parallel expression of their religion, although virtual, is even more real' than its offline, analogue expression. In this new Islamic expression, freedom of conscience can indeed be exercised. Online dissent, even to the point of engaging in cyber-apostasy' and encouraging others to do likewise, has given rise to a new level of reciprocity between Islam and other religions interacting with it in the marketplace of religions', thus opening a new chapter in the history of Islamic interaction with other faiths in the contemporary world. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2017.1298902 |