Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today

Abstract

Is Islam hospitable to religious freedom? Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question. List of tables and figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Intervening in a public debate -- 1. In defense of religious freedom -- 2. Religiously free states in the Muslim world -- 3. Secular repressive states in the Muslim world -- 4. Religious repressive states in the Muslim world -- 5. The Arab uprisings -- 6. Seven seeds of freedom -- 7. A pathway to freedom -- 8. Realizing religious freedom in Islam.