1st Edition

Religious Minorities, Islam and the Law International Human Rights and Islamic Law in Indonesia

By Al Khanif Copyright 2021
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the legal conundrum of reconciling international human rights law in a Muslim majority country and identifies a trajectory for negotiating the protection of religious minorities within Islam. The work explores the history of religious minorities within Islam in Indonesia, which contains the world’s largest Muslim population, as well as the present-day ways by which the... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Religious minorities under international human rights law and Islamic Law

Chapter 3: The discourse of religion and religious minorities within Islam in a "quasi-theistic secular" Indonesia

Chapter 4: The complex reality of religious minorities within Islam in Indonesia

Chapter 5: Protecting forum internum for religious minorities within Islam in Indonesia

Chapter 6: Regulating forum externum to protect religious minorities within Islam in Indonesia

Chapter 7: Repealing blasphemy law to protect religious minorities within Islam in Indonesia

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Biography

Al Khanif is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Jember, Indonesia.