Recommended Citation
Brett G. Scharffs, Islam and Religious Freedom: The Experience of Religious Majorities and Minorities, 93 Notre Dame L. Rev. Online 78 (2018).
Document Type
Law Review Article
Abstract
It seems likely that change in Islam will be affected both by outside and internal sources, as was the case for the Catholic Church and its journey to Dignitatis Humanae. However, one thing the Catholic experience suggests is that meaningful and profound change does not simply come from outside pressures; it comes from authentic and sincere evaluation and interpretation by insiders of a religious tradition of that tradition itself. Thus, if Islam is going to come to embrace religious freedom as an important value, this will be the result, significantly if not primarily, of Muslims interpreting their own sacred texts, histories, traditions, and legal systems.
Publisher
Notre Dame Law School
Publication Title
Notre Dame Law Review