Before the West w/ Ayşe Zarakol
The Dig
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The Inverse Relationship Between Authoritarian Government and Religious Pluralism
Akbar encouraged debate among scholars of different faiths. He put at least two moslem jurists to death, clearly asserting his authority over them. We tend to think of a sort of authoritarian government as one that would repress religious difference. But in these cases, the more authoritarian the government, the more tolerance and even encouragement of religious pluralism.
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