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Islam in contemporary world / Asghar Ali Engineer.
LIBRA BP165 .E54 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engineer, Asghar Ali, 1939-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic renewal.
- Liberty of conscience (Islam).
- Islam--20th century.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 189 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : New Dawn Press, Inc., 2007.
- Contents:
- Religion and Liberation: An Introductory Note 1
- Meaning and Significance of Religion 10
- Religion and Freedom of Conscience 19
- Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur'an 27
- M. N. Roy on the Historical Role of Islam 36
- Qur'an and Other Religions 45
- How Muslims Viewed Hindus in the Past and in the Present 53
- Normative and Contextual Interpretations of the Qur'an 64
- Multiple Understandings of the Qur'an 73
- Reform and Change in the Islamic World 82
- Iqbal and Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam 91
- Evolution of Shari'ah Law and Its Potentiality for Change 100
- Re-thinking Hudood Laws 109
- Globalisation and Emerging Challenges to Islam in Asia 117
- Islam, Islamic World and Gender Justice 126
- Ta'lim-o-Tarbiyyat (Upbringing) of Muslim Children in India 135
- Violence and Muslims 144
- A Sufi Way to World Peace 153.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1932705694
- 9781932705690
- OCLC:
- 85830939
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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