The problematic nature of religious autonomy to minorities in democracies - the case of India's Muslims

Democratization

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1261-1281

  Harel Shalev, Ayelet ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deeply divided societies; Hindu Muslim conflict; India; Minority rights; Muslim personal law; Muslims in India; Religious autonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449449052     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340903271860     Document Type: Article

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