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AUC IURIDICA, Vol 64 No 2 (2018), 145–156
Religious freedom and the building of churches in Arab countries
Jalal Naji
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23366478.2018.13
published online: 13. 06. 2018
abstract
Religious freedom is a key issue linked to the integration of minorities not merely in Europe, but also in the Middle East. This article examines the conduct of Islam with churches in parts of the Middle East in two unique eras; the first era takes us back in time to the offspring of Islam in the 7th century AD, when the Levant and Egypt were under the control of the Roman-Byzantine Empire and Christianity represented the dominant religion, while the second era represents the contemporary period exploring the factual and legal situation on building churches in some Muslim Middle Eastern countries with emphasis on Jordan, being the baptism site of Jesus Christ and having a significant Christian minority.
keywords: churches; Sharia; fatwa; religious freedom; tolerance
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