| Description |
x, 382 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Religion versus science / Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani -- Islamic revealed law versus Islamic common law / Moulavi Chiragh Ali -- The rationalistic and philosophical spirit of Islam / Amir Ali -- The sociological laws of the Quran / Muhammad Abduh -- The necessity of religious reform / Muhammad Abduh -- Methodology of historical writing / Àllama Shibli Num̀ani -- War and peace : popular Jihad / Moulavi Chiragh Ali -- The problem of caliphate / Ali Abd al-Raziq -- Authority and the problem of succession / Amir Ali -- Intellectual pluralism and freedom of opinion / Sayyid Ahmad Khan -- Social liberalism and laissez-faire capitalism / Anonymous Mut̀azilite Muslim -- Islam and civilization / Muhammad Farid Wajdi -- Polygamy / Moulavi Chiragh Ali -- The rights of women / Sayyid Ahmad Khan -- The liberation of women / Qasim Amin -- The way of life / Sayyid Ahmad Khan -- The way to eat a meal / Sayyid Ahmad Khan -- Civil rights / Rifaàh Rifa al-Tahtawi -- Islam as the foundation of knowledge / Sayyid Qutb -- Fallacy of rationalism / Sayyid Abul Al̀a Maududi -- War, peace, and Islamic jihad / Sayyid Qutb -- The pillars of an Islamic state / Ruhullah Khomeini -- The necessity of Islamic government / Ruhullah Khomeini -- The political theory of Islam / Sayyid Abul Al̀a Maududi -- All-encompassing program of an Islamic state / Islamic Salvation Front of Algeria -- Boycotting the 1997 election in Jordan / Society of the Muslim Brothers -- Islamic action front party : interview with Dr. Ishaq A. Farhan -- Critical attitude toward the West and the idea of Western decadence / Ali Shariati -- Self-destructiveness of Western civilization / Sayyid Abul Al̀a Maududi -- Granting capitulatory rights to the U. S. / Ruhullah Khomeini -- Islam and its adversaries / Abd al-Latif Sultani -- Westoxication / Jalal Al-i Ahmad --Sayyid Ahmad Khan -- A moralizing fundamentalism / Abd al-Latif Sultani -- On the Islamic Hijab / Murtaza Mutahhari |
| Notes |
First published in 2000 under title: Contemporary debates in Islam |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-376) and index |
| Subject |
Islamic modernism.
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Islam -- 20th century.
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Islam -- Essence, genius, nature.
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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| Author |
Moaddel, Mansoor.
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Talattof, Kamran.
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| LC no. |
99018673 |
| ISBN |
1403960925 paperback |
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0312215800 cloth |
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