Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam: A Reader
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1403960925 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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A wonderful book that offers insight on both sides of many issues All in all I recommend this book. I have not finished it, but so far it is a very useful collection of essays for anyone interested in the different perspectives that Muslim's have on various issues related to their faith. At least one of the essays (at least in comparison with another translation I have)seems to have been translated by someone with an education in the English language rather then fluen. William Garrison Jr. said Fundamentalist Islam (Khomeini). "Debates" is hardly the correct word here, "affirmation" would be more appropriate. This is no fundamentalist vs. reformist debate series; this is no Lincoln federalist vs. Douglas state-rights debate; this is more of a pro-Khomeini vs. a pro-pro-Khomeini `debate' over how `extreme' Islamo fascism should be. This is not a book that debates feminism vs. hadith; no, all Fundamentalist Islam (Khomeini) "Debates" is hardly the correct word here, "affirmation" would be more appropriate. This is no fundamentalist vs. reformist debate series; this is no Lincoln federalist vs. Douglas state-rights debate; this is more of a pro-Khomeini vs. a pro-pro-Khomeini `debate' over how `extreme' Islamo fascism should be. This is not a book that debates feminism vs. hadith; no, all 3Fundamentalist Islam (Khomeini) William Garrison Jr. "Debates" is hardly the correct word here, "affirmation" would be more appropriate. This is no fundamentalist vs. reformist debate series; this is no Lincoln federalist vs. Douglas state-rights debate; this is more of a pro-Khomeini vs. a pro-pro-Khomeini `debate' over how `extreme' Islamo fascism should be. This is not a book that debates feminism vs. hadith; no, all 34 articles were written by men! If. articles were written by men! If. Fundamentalist Islam (Khomeini) William Garrison Jr. "Debates" is hardly the correct word here, "affirmation" would be more appropriate. This is no fundamentalist vs. reformist debate series; this is no Lincoln federalist vs. Douglas state-rights debate; this is more of a pro-Khomeini vs. a pro-pro-Khomeini `debate' over how `extreme' Islamo fascism should be. This is not a book that debates feminism vs. hadith; no, all 34 articles were written by men! If. articles were written by men! If
'Provides an excellent source of the major issues that have engaged Muslim intellectuals for over a century as they attempted to grapple with the challenges of Western hegemony and modernity.' - Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Georgetown University'This superbly chosen volume provides the best possible way for outsiders to gain authentic insights into modern Islam - to listen as leading Muslim scholars debate the serious issues facing their faith.' - Rodney Stark, Professor of Sociology and Comparative Religion, University of Washington
MANSOOR MOADDEL is a professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan UniversityKAMRAN TALATTOF teaches Persian Language and Literature and Iranian Culture in the Near Eastern Studies Department at the University of Arizona
With resurgent interest in the Muslim world and in particular political Islam, this collection of translated essays by major Muslim thinkers from the Middle East and South Asia demonstrates the ongoing and contentious debate between modernizers seeking to adapt Western ways and fundamentalists who rejected them. From Jamal al-Din al-Afghani in the nineteenth-century to Ayatollah Khomeini in the twentieth, the selections provide an opportunity to examine a diversity of Muslim thinkers thoughts on important topics like jurisprudence, politics, relations with the west, and