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Islam, fundamentalism, and the betrayal of tradition : essays by Western Muslim scholars / edited by Joseph E.B. Lumbard ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
LIBRA BP60 .I7848 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Perennial philosophy series
- The perennial philosophy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Islam and world politics.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 324 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Ind. : World Wisdom, [2004]
- Summary:
- This book offers an analysis byWestern Muslim scholars of the key reasons behind the dangerous breaksown in understanding between Islam and the West.
- Contents:
- Religious foundations. The myth of a militant Islam / David Dakake
- The decline of knowledge and the rise of ideology in the modern Islamic world / Joseph E.B. Lumbard
- A traditional Islamic response to the rise of modernism / Fuad S. Naeem
- Historical dimensions. Recollecting the spirit of jihād / Reza Shah-Kazemi
- Roots of misconception : Euro-American perceptions of Islam
- Before and after September 11 / Ibrahim Kalin
- Political dimensions. The Economics of terrorism : how Bin Laden is changing the rules of the game / Waleed El-Ansary
- The Muslim world and globalization : modernity and the roots of conflict / Ejaz Akram
- The poverty of fanaticism / T.J. Winter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0941532607
- OCLC:
- 54905507
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