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The Third Choice - Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom - Mark Durie - Paperback
For international customers email info@bmobooks.com.au to see if you are eligible for the $9.00 postage rate for purchase of a single copy of this book. Unfortunately the website doesn't automatically apply the discount please email to apply. For New Zealand customers email info@bmobooks.com.au to see if you are eligible for the Australian Postage Rate.The Third Choice provides a compelling introduction to Islam on the basis of its primary sources, the Quran and the life of Muhammad.
Topics covered include:
- the sharia
- interpretation of the Quran
- abrogation
- women's rights (including female genital mutilation)
- lawful deception (taqiyya)
- Muhammad's responses to opposition
- Islamic antisemitism
- religious freedom and
- prospects for reforming Islam.
After this critical introduction of Islam, there follows an explanation and critique of Islam's policy for non-Muslims living under Islamic conditions. The doctrine of the three choices (conversion, the sword, or the dhimma pact of surrender to Islam) is explained, including an analysis of the meaning of tribute payments (jizya) made by non-Muslims (dhimmis) to their Muslim conquerors.
Durie describes the impact of dhimmitude on the human rights of non-Muslims in Islamic contexts around the world today, in the light of global Islamic resurgence and advancing Islamization, including pressure being exerted through the United Nations for states to conform to sharia restrictions on freedom of speech. The worldview of dhimmitude, Durie argues, offers indispensable keys for understanding current trends in global politics, including the widening impact of sharia revival, deterioration of human rights in Islamic societies, jihad terrorism, recurring patterns of Western appeasement, interfaith dialogue initiatives, and the increasingly fraught relationship between migrant Muslim communities in the West and their host societies.
Size: 154 x 229 x 14 mm
ISBN: 9780980722307
Title: The Third Choice - Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom
Author: Mark Durie
No of Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Category: Australian Christian Book of the Year 2010 - Shortlist
Sub Category: Islam
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