Is Islam hospitable to religious freedom? Daniel Philpott examines conditions on the ground in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries today and offers an honest, clear-eyed answer to this urgent question.

• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• Introduction: Intervening in a Public Debate


• Chapter One: In Defense of Religious Freedom


• Chapter Two: Religiously Free States in the Muslim World


• Chapter Three: Secular Repressive States in the Muslim World


• Chapter Four: Religious Repressive States in the Muslim World


• Chapter Five: The Arab Uprisings


• Chapter Six: Seven Seeds of Freedom


• Chapter Seven: A Pathway to Freedom


• Chapter Eight: Realizing Religious Freedom in Islam


• Notes


• Index

Daniel Philpott is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is a scholar of religion and global politics and has focused on reconciliation, religious freedom, and theories of religion's role in politics. He is the author and editor of several books, including Just and Unjust Peace: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation.