Kristine Kalanges’s scientific contributions

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Publications (10)


Sharia and modernity
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January 2014

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K. Kalanges




Religious Liberty in Western and Islamic Law

April 2012

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This book argues that differences between Western and Islamic legal formulations of religious freedom are attributable, in substantial part, to variations in their respective religious and intellectual histories. The book suggests that while divergence between the two bodies of law challenges the characterization of religious liberty as a universal human right, the "dilemma of religious freedom"-the difficult choice between the universality of religious liberty rights and peaceful co-existence of diverse legal cultures-may yet be transformed through the cultivation of a world legal tradition. This argument is advanced through comparative analysis of human rights instruments from the Western and Muslim worlds, with attention to the legal-political processes by which religious and philosophical ideas have been institutionalized.






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... The fact that the loudest voice in favor of blasphemy laws in these forums seems to have been produced by Muslim countries paints an image of a contest between religious sanctity and freedom of expression of which "Islam" and "the West" are two main opposing players. The sheer amount of publications discussing this (supposed) civilizational clash provides ample evidence of this image's popularity (Kalanges, 2012;Manea, 2016;Said, 1979;Siddique & Hayat, 2008;Varagur, 2017). Indeed, few attempts have been made to challenge the notion that the debate regarding blasphemy laws constitutes an exclusively "Islam vs. the West" affair and, subsequently, broaden the discussion by incorporating a more expansive regional approach-one that puts several countries of different cultural and religious background yet of the same geographical frontier as the object of analysis. ...

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Protecting Beliefs or Believers?: Blasphemy Law in Asian Countries
Religious Liberty in Western and Islamic Law
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  • April 2012