Freedom of Faith between the Quran and Islamic Jurisprudence

Abstract

This research focuses on freedom of faith between the holy Quran and Islamic jurisprudence. It explores the concept of freedom in general and the freedom of faith in particular to find out to what extent the holy Quran pays attention to these freedoms. The research then tries to find out to what extent these freedoms are reflected in the Islamic jurisprudence, focusing on certain jurisprudences that seem to contradict the holy Quran, such as Islamic jurisprudence regarding infidels and polytheists, apostates and dualist-infidels. The research concludes that there is a difference between the extent of freedom in the holy Quran and in the Islamic jurisprudence, since these freedoms have a wider extent in the holy Quran as compared to the Islamic jurisprudence. It is also concluded that the Islamic jurisprudences, which seem to us to be extreme, in fact originate from a time and place that are completely different from our time and place.