Description
This book explores matters that have negatively affected the public image and led to distorted depictions of Islam from the late nineteenth century to the present. The areas of uneasiness and debate among Muslims and non-Muslims alike include Islamic values and identity in the post-caliphate era, after colonialism, and now under Western hegemony. There is anxiety about the place of Shari’a in the light of Western law and the state, secularism, democracy, human rights, the equality of women, and the place of Islamic education in transmitting Islamic values as secular education dominates societies. There are apprehensions over the relation between religion and politics as in the rise of Muslim Brotherhoods, Wahhabism, Islamism, al-Qaeda, and Islamic State. In non-Muslim countries concerns are about the status of Muslim marriage, polygamy, divorce, and interest (in business). Every topic is examined through the Noble Qur’an and the Hadith, classical writings, and linguistic analysis.
Table of Contents
1. Muhammad
2. The Measure of Orthodoxy
3. Salafi-Wahhabi Islam
4. Shari’a
5. Women in Islam
6. Charity: Philanthropy, piety and politics
7. Jihad
8. Muslim Brotherhoods
9. Radical Muslim Brotherhoods: The Evolution of Al-Qaeda
10. Al-Qaeda in Africa
11. The Coming of the Caliphate: Islamic State
12. Pan-Arab Nationalism and Islamism
13. Islamic Education
Works Cited
Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 02 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 1 |
| ISBN | 9780761882619 |
| Imprint | Hamilton Books |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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