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Religious Freedom without the Rule of Law
The Constitutional Odysseys of Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq and the Fate of the Middle East
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The volume compares the efforts to instil the values and practices of the rule of law in the Middle East in the early twenty-first century with their disappointing performances in terms of safety, human rights, and, especially, religious freedom. It zooms in on Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq to argue that international interventions and local initiatives underestimated the ethno-religious mosaic of these countries and their political and constitutional culture.
The standard notion of the rule of law values individualism, equality, rights, and courts, which hardly fit the makeup of the Middle East. Securing stability and protecting religious freedom in the region requires compromising on the rule of law; the consociational model of constitutionalism would have better chances of achieving them.
The standard notion of the rule of law values individualism, equality, rights, and courts, which hardly fit the makeup of the Middle East. Securing stability and protecting religious freedom in the region requires compromising on the rule of law; the consociational model of constitutionalism would have better chances of achieving them.
Andrea Pin, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Padua and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University (Georgia, USA).
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
â1âReligious Freedom and Religious Life in the Middle East
â2âThe Rule of Law and the Place of Religious Freedom
â3âThe Constitution of the Middle East and North Africa: the Arab Winter and the Failed Rule-of-Law Interventions
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Introduction
â1âReligious Freedom and Religious Life in the Middle East
â2âThe Rule of Law and the Place of Religious Freedom
â3âThe Constitution of the Middle East and North Africa: the Arab Winter and the Failed Rule-of-Law Interventions
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Academics, intellectuals, and students in the fields of comparative constitutional law, law and religion, religious freedom, Middle Eastern studies, sociology, international relations, political science, religious studies, political philosophy.