Islam and the Secular State
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, a Sudanese human rights lawyer and student of Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, argues that sharia should be observed by choice rather than enforced by the state. His case is that state enforcement corrupts the religious obligation itself, and that a secular state is therefore required by Islam rather than opposed to it. He works through the histories of India, Turkey and Indonesia.
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Ziauddin Sardar
The most urgent task facing Muslim society, I think, is the reformulation of the sharia. Here, the human rights lawyer Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im has provided an invaluable lead. He has written extensively on Islam and human rights. In this book he argues that Islam cannot have a viable future without rethinking Islamic law and the relationship between religion and the secular state in all Muslim societies.
Interview · June 2010
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