The Rights of Minorities in the Islamic State

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The Rights of Minorities in the Islamic State (Urdu: Islami riyasat main zimmiun ke huquq) is a book written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, published in Lahore, Pakistan in 1954.

In it Maududi references the millet system and its organization along communal lines as a possible way the Islamic state would deal with minority rights according to the sharia concept of dhimma.[1]

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  1. ^ Nasr, Vali (2000). "International Relations of an Islamist Movement: The Case of the Jama'at-i Islami of Pakistan" (PDF). Council on Foreign Relations. p. 24. Retrieved 2006-06-25.