Qurán, liberation & pluralism : an Islamic perspective of interreligious solidarity against oppression / Farid Esack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esack, Farid.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--South Africa--20th century.

Islam.

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Qurʼan.

Apartheid--Religious aspects--Islam--South Africa.

Apartheid.

Apartheid--Religious aspects--Islam.

South Africa.

Islam--Relations.

Relations.

Physical Description:

xii, 288 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Qurán, liberation and pluralism

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; Rockport, MA : Oneworld, [1997]

Summary:

The demise of apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s followed an unprecedented unity in struggle against oppression from members of different faith traditions. Determined as South African Muslims were to participate with the rest of the oppressed in solidarity against apartheid, this brought them into conflict with interpretations of the Qur'an that denied virtue outside Islam, and left them searching for a theology that would allow them to both co-operate against injustice and be true to their faith. In this challenging account, Farid Esack reflects on key qur'anic passages used in the context of oppression to rethink the role of Islam in a plural society. He exposes how traditional interpretations of the Qur'an were used to legitimize an unjust order, and demonstrates that those very texts used to support religious intolerance, if interpreted within a contemporary socio-historical context, support active solidarity with the religious Other for change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index.

ISBN:

1851681213

OCLC:

36687008