Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan

Non-Muslim permanent residents of an Islamic state were traditionally conferred a kind of nationality status which was juridically defined as dhimmah (protected). With the demise of Islamic Caliphate System and the constitutional collapse of its underlying principles and the subsequent emergenc...

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Main Author:	Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia 2012
Subjects:	KBP Islamic Law
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spelling	iium-270042012-11-21T02:43:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27004/ Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah KBP Islamic Law Non-Muslim permanent residents of an Islamic state were traditionally conferred a kind of nationality status which was juridically defined as dhimmah (protected). With the demise of Islamic Caliphate System and the constitutional collapse of its underlying principles and the subsequent emergence of nation-states, its retention, redefinition, or even abandonment became a subject of intense debate particularly among modern jurists. By and large, within juristic community the discourse has followed two divergent trends, namely the paradigm of traditionalists and that of re-constructionists. The former regards dhimmah as a permanently fixed concept and an integral part of immutable laws of the sharÊ‘ah, while the latter views it as a historically contingent institution capable of adaptation to fit the notion of modern citizenship in postcaliphate modern nation states. Consequently, this tussle has given rise to two divergent discourses among the researchers outside the Islamic faith. Some hail the traditionalist approach as more authentic voice, while others applaud the reconstructionist project as more sensible alternative paradigm capable of harmonizing Islamic law with modern notion of citizenship for Non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim state as envisioned by Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see article 15). This article proves that in both sides of the divide the emphasis on constitutional dimension of the issue has not been sufficiently explored hence attempts to place the debate in its true context so as to avoid the folly of singularly insisting on reinstating the dhimmah without the ability to revive its constitutional bases or wholly equating it with the concept of citizenship in a liberal sense as some make us to enunciate. International Islamic University Malaysia 2012-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27004/1/Non-Muslims%60_Citizenship_in_Islamic_Law.pdf Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2012) Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan. Journal of Islam in Asia, 9 (1). pp. 185-211. ISSN 1823-0970 http://www.iium.edu.my/jiasia/ojs-2.2/index.php/Islam/article/view/334/166
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spellingShingle	KBP Islamic Law Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan
description	Non-Muslim permanent residents of an Islamic state were traditionally conferred a kind of nationality status which was juridically defined as dhimmah (protected). With the demise of Islamic Caliphate System and the constitutional collapse of its underlying principles and the subsequent emergence of nation-states, its retention, redefinition, or even abandonment became a subject of intense debate particularly among modern jurists. By and large, within juristic community the discourse has followed two divergent trends, namely the paradigm of traditionalists and that of re-constructionists. The former regards dhimmah as a permanently fixed concept and an integral part of immutable laws of the sharÊ‘ah, while the latter views it as a historically contingent institution capable of adaptation to fit the notion of modern citizenship in postcaliphate modern nation states. Consequently, this tussle has given rise to two divergent discourses among the researchers outside the Islamic faith. Some hail the traditionalist approach as more authentic voice, while others applaud the reconstructionist project as more sensible alternative paradigm capable of harmonizing Islamic law with modern notion of citizenship for Non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim state as envisioned by Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see article 15). This article proves that in both sides of the divide the emphasis on constitutional dimension of the issue has not been sufficiently explored hence attempts to place the debate in its true context so as to avoid the folly of singularly insisting on reinstating the dhimmah without the ability to revive its constitutional bases or wholly equating it with the concept of citizenship in a liberal sense as some make us to enunciate.
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author	Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
author_facet	Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
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title	Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan
title_short	Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan
title_full	Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan
title_fullStr	Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan
title_full_unstemmed	Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan
title_sort	non-muslims` citizenship in islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = kewarganegaraan non-muslim dalam undang-undang islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2012
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Non-Muslims` citizenship in Islamic law: a critique from the constitutional perspective = Kewarganegaraan non-Muslim dalam undang-undang Islam: satu kritikan dari perspektif perlembagaan

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