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Film, Video Sacred Truth and Secular Agency: Shari'ah Norms and Political Enforcement

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Title

  • Sacred Truth and Secular Agency: Shari'ah Norms and Political Enforcement

Summary

  • Lamin Sanneh, holder of the Chair of Countries and Cultures of the South at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress and D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity and professor of history at Yale University, discussed "Sacred Truth and Secular Agency: Shari'ah Norms and Political Enforcement" on Thursday, April 7, 2005 at the Library of Congress. In the current debate occurring within the Muslim world, there are differences of opinion about the role and identity of Islamic states as well as their future direction. According to Sanneh, Islamic fundamentalists blame national secular states for fragmenting contemporary Muslim global identity, which is leading to the West's worldwide domination. Also, moderates, among them many of the leading jurists in Islam, have adopted a middle course by distinguishing "sacred truth" from "secular agency."

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2005-04-07.

Headings

  • -  Government, Law
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Religion

Notes

  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  Lamin Sanneh.
  • -  Recorded on 2005-04-07.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687685

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  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Sacred Truth and Secular Agency: Shari'ah Norms and Political Enforcement. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07, 2005. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687685/.

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Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2005) Sacred Truth and Secular Agency: Shari'ah Norms and Political Enforcement. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687685/.

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Sacred Truth and Secular Agency: Shari'ah Norms and Political Enforcement. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-07, 2005. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687685/>.