No compulsion in religion, no exceptions : Islamic arguments for religious freedom /

"Most Muslims today are familiar with that remarkable Qur'anic statement: "There is no compulsion in religion..." (2:256). This verse, in a few words, seems to present an amazingly ancient precedent to a modern liberal value: that religion must be based on freedom, not coercion....

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Akyol, Mustafa, 1972- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Cato Institute, [2026]
Subjects:	Religious tolerance > Islam. Freedom of religion > Islamic countries. Freedom of religion (Islamic law) Liberty of conscience (Islam) Apostasy > Islam. Liberté religieuse > Pays musulmans. Liberté religieuse (Droit islamique) Liberté de conscience (Islam) Apostasie > Islam. Religion/Islam - Theology. Law/Islamic. Religious materials. Matériel religieux.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Why "No exceptions"?
Ch. 1. Compulsion in religion: An Ottoman episode
Ch. 2. A grave exception: Criminalization of apostasy
Ch. 3. Compulsion in speech: Blasphemy laws in Pakistan and beyond
Ch. 4. Fasting for God, not society: The religious case against Ramadan laws
Ch. 5. How compulsion in religion made Iran less religious
Ch. 6. No compulsion on women: Gender egalitarianism in Islam
Ch. 7. Separating the Sharia and the state
Index
Contributors.