| Description |
xii, 288 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The context -- The Muslims of the cape -- 2. Between text and context -- What is the Qur'an? -- Two contemporary approaches -- 3. Hermeneutical keys -- The keys to understanding -- 4. Redefining self and other -- Rethinking Iman -- Redefining Islam: from a noun to a verb -- Rethinking Kufr -- 5. The Qur'an and the other -- The people of the book -- The religious other in the Qur'an -- 6. Redefining comrades and opponents -- The Qur'an and Wilayah as collaboration -- The exodus paradigm of solidarity -- 7. From the wilderness to the promised land -- From confrontation to negotiation -- The political challenges -- The social challenges -- The gender jihad |
| Summary |
"Set against one of the most exciting events in twentieth century history â the demise of apartheid â this book offers a fascinating account of how South African Muslims succeeded in both co-operating with members of other faith communities in the struggle against oppression, and being true to their faith. Farid Esack reflects on key qurâÂÂanic passages used in the context of oppression to rethink the role of Islam in a plural society. He exposes how traditional interpretations of the QurâÂÂan, which denied virtue outside Islam, were used to legitimize an unjust order, and demonstrates that those very texts, if interpreted within a contemporary socio-historical context, support active solidarity with the religious other for change. This book offers scholars, students and all those concerned with Islam in the modern world a fascinating insight into a contemporary issue." -- BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes a bibliography, glossary and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| SUBJECT |
Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072959
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QurÃÂ1/4an -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Apartheid -- Religious aspects -- Islam
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Apartheid -- South Africa -- Religious aspects -- Islam
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Islam and humanism.
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Islam and politics -- South Africa.
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Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Islam -- Relations.
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Islam -- 20th century.
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Islam -- South Africa -- 20th century.
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Islam -- South Africa.
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Liberation theology.
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| ISBN |
1851681213 (paperback) |
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