This book addresses contemporary debates on civil disobedience in Islam within the rich Sunni tradition, especially during the height of the non-violent people revolution in various Arab countries, popularly known as the Arab Spring.
Muhammad Haniff Hassan is a Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests focus on jihad, jihadism, ideology of Muslim radical groups, Islamism, wasatiyah, and contemporary Islamic jurisprudence. He has published twelve volumes in his name, co‐authored a monograph and helped publish two volumes for Association of Islamic Religious Teachers and Scholars of Singapore PERGAS and the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore. His most recent book is The Father of Jihad: Abd Allah Azzam’s Jihad Ideas and Implications to National Security (2014).
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction to Research on Contemporary Theological Debate of Civil Disobedience in Islam.- Theological Arguments Against Civil Disobedience in Islam.- Theological Arguments For Civil Disobedience in Islam.- Debating Various Forms of Civil Disobedience in Islam.- Other Issues Related to Civil Disobedience in Islam.- Analysing the Debate & the Conclusion.