DEFINIRANJE SLOBODE RELIGIJE U SAVREMENOJ ISLAMSKOJ MISLI
DEFINITION OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT

Summary/Abstract: Shaping the modern concept of religious freedom in the West and its acceptance in the international human rights instruments in the 20th century pose a challenge to contemporary Islamic thought to appropriately and officially take stand concerning these developments. Muslim jurists, theologians and intellectuals have offered different definitions of freedom of religion, which differ in terms of understanding the scope and content of this freedom as well as its limitations. The primary goal of this paper is to analyze the different definitions and concepts of religious freedoms treated in the works of modern Muslim authors, as well as to identify the major trends in defining this notion. The elements of religious freedom that occur in most of the authors are identified and a comparison with the norms of international instruments of the United Nations is made.

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