The publication of this essay in Egypt in 1925 took the contemporaries of AliAbdelraziq by storm. It was the focus of much attention and the seed of a heated debate. At a time when the Muslim world was in great turmoil over the question of the abolition of the caliphate by Mustapha Kamal Ataturk in Turkey Abdelraziq, a religious cleric trained at Al-Azhar University, argued in favour of secularism. The abolition of the caliphate had re-ignited the issue of Islamand politics, as traditional political systems were dissolving under pressurefrom European powers
- ISBN: 978-0-7486-3978-6
- Editorial: Edinburgh University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 128
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés