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Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity by Tariq Ramadan

Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity Tariq Ramadan ebook
Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780860373117
Page: 372

But this should not surprise us. Jan 10, 2014 - THE CHALLENGE OF MODERNITY By Mark Heyne 'Modernity' is not so much a period of time, but what Jurgen Habermas refers to as an 'unfinished project'. Islamic cultures have a long tradition of welcoming other philosophies and civilizations. The difference, or the challenge, is the European Muslims have another mirror where they sometimes like to look, to measure their religiosity: the Arab-Islamic world. The recent referendum for a new constitution in Egypt was ostensibly about democracy and stability, but it was actually part of a harsh crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood that seems to have the goal of excluding the group permanently from the country's political life. Apr 16, 2014 - By European Islam I generally mean any discourse, concept, or idea that claims to be Islamic and European in theory and/or practice, irrespective of the degree of this affiliation to Islam and Western Europe, which may be minimal, maximal, or somewhere in-between. Oct 30, 2009 - Important Muslim leaders are coming out against long-held traditional views and Wahhabi-Salafi doctrines and practices, instead openly supporting ideas compatible with modernity. Aly proposes that we should "identify, encourage and pursue a classical Islamic response to the challenges of modernity". Instead, they are determined that everyone should become "like them". These scholars tried to revive the passion in the hearts of the people and to urge them not to abandon their Islamic principles and practices and not to fall for the temptations of the materialistic and decadent West. Aug 26, 2009 - At this juncture — nearly 10 years after 9/11 — it is worth pausing to examine some of the recurring themes that have characterized the incendiary collision between Islamic extremism and the West. Oct 4, 2010 - This article attempts to examine, through the work of one Muslim intellectual, how contemporary knowledge production in Islam has attempted to grapple with the secularizing effects of western modernity. Nov 22, 2010 - This is no less the case in the Islamic world than it is in the West or elsewhere. Sep 10, 2007 - In his introduction, Aly writes that his intention is to "start a conversation" at a time when people on both sides of the Islamic-Western divide have become increasingly unwilling to admit the legitimacy of human difference. The reformist teachings of Ahmad Khan (1817 . Dec 23, 2013 - In that context, there was a need to reform and reshape Islamic knowledge in the light of Western models, known as Islamic modernism (Robinson 2008: 259 - 261). May 5, 2009 - Indonesia is drawing praise from the United States as it emerges from decades of authoritarian rule as a promising democracy, but the country with the world's largest Muslim population still faces challenges ranging from government corruption to election problems and weak political representation of women. Jan 23, 2014 - This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall - an event that led Francis Fukuyama to predict the end of history and the beginning of universal western liberal values. He has published numerous books, including Global Jihad: The Future in the Face of Militant Islam, Understanding Islamist Terrorism, and Understanding Shari'a Finance: The Muslim Challenge to Western Economics.