Tolerância e liberdade religiosa no Islã

Abstract

This paper analyzes how Islam conceives tolerance and religious freedom. I will approach the history of religious freedom from a Christian perspective reformed from its earliest days to today to place it in an Islamic context. By doing this, the research sought for information on literary production about Islam, its doctrines and its application in the Sunni Islamic majority countries in order to be the majority group in present-day Islam. The methodology used consisted of a bibliographical review of works, essays and scientific articles, produced by specialists, in Brazil and abroad; in addition to works of thinkers of considerable importance within Islam, as well as research in the Qur'an itself in Portuguese, analyzing Islamic texts that refer to people of other religions in order to analyze their understanding of this matter, and the orientations of how relations should be between Muslims and those of other faiths. We will deal with the need for tolerant coexistence and religious freedom and how Islam sees it.