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My Isl@m : how fundamentalism stole my mind--and doubt freed my soul / Amir Ahmad Nasr.
Van Pelt Library BP166.14.F85 N374 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nasr, Amir Ahmad.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Nasr, Amir Ahmad.
- Muslims--Malaysia--Biography.
- Muslims.
- Malaysia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 322 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- My Islam
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- "Part memoir, part passionate call for liberty, reason, and doing work that matters, [this book] the tale of how the Internet opened the eyes and heart of a once fearful young Muslim to a world beyond the dogmatism of his upbringing, and recounts his transformation into a defiant digital activist"--Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- The arranged marriage. The chessboard ; Bullied into belief ; Warning signals ; Blogs, bastards, and heretics
- The fall from grace. Conversations with little satan ; Infidelity
- The painful heartbreak. How she really lost her virtue ; Infatuated with atheism ; Discovering the dark side
- The messy divorce. No more mercy ; Loneliness
- The reconciliation. My 3-eyed beauty ; Tradition, modernity, and my beloved ; (R)evolution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781250016799
- 1250016797
- 9781250016485
- 1250016487
- OCLC:
- 811597577
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