Beyond jihad : critical voices from inside Islam : an edited collection / managing editor, Kim Ezra Shienbaum, ; co-editor, Jamal Hasan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shienbaum, Kim Ezra.

Hasan, Jamal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--21st century.

Islam.

Islam and world politics.

Panislamism.

Physical Description:

xxii, 296 p.

Place of Publication:

Bethesda : Academica Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of non Western scholarly voices is a long awaited remedy to the lack of critical commentary by Muslim intellectuals on the nature of modern Jihadi terrorism and the political debate within Islam over the direction of resistance to modernization and secularization of traditional societies. The work is divided into three parts: 1) Understanding the Islamist Mind 2) Understanding Islamism and Politics 3) Beyond Jihad: Expanding the Circle of Sanity Major figures such as Dr. Ali Sina, Sayeed M. Said and Syed Kamran Mirza contribute previously unpublished essays; indeed the work has virtually new essays from all contributors. With historical introductions by Dr Kim Sheinbaum and Jamal Hasan.

Contents:

Problem with Islam / Ohmyrus

real Islam : the case against the western apologists / Ali Sina

Janus face of Islam / Abul Kasem

Looking for another Saladin : lessons from the battlefield / Ohmyrus

exegesis on jihad in Islam / Syed Kamran Mirza

Is killing by beheading Islamic? / Syed Kamran Mirza

Sunnah : the misconceived dogma that has poisoned Islam / Mesbah Uddin

Can Islam be reformed? / Ali Sina

Is political Islam fascist? / Ali Sina

left and Islam : Tweedledum, and Tweedledee / Ohmyrus

Islam and politics : the crucial questions / Syed M. Islam

Terror's middle class guardians / Esam Sohail

Veil : the female form of jihad / Nonie Darwish

Is Wahhabism an aberration in contemporary Islamic thought? / Jamal Hasan

Hide and seek Bangladeshi Islamists play in the U.S. / Jamal Hasan

My problems with the concept of Ummah / A. H. Jaffor Ullah

Is our civilization threatened? / Mohammad Asghar

Terrorism and the Iranian model : who is responsible? / Ali Sina

Way of the Islamists : a road to perdition? / Abul Kasem

Islamophobia? : an open letter to Muslims / Ali Sina

Islam : governance or guidance? / Hasan Mahmud

Peaceful religion for the seventh century : a call for reform in Islam / Esam Sohail

Culture of fear : relations between Arabs and Jews / S. Abdallah

Medic Mahathir : right diagnosis, wrong prescription? / Alamgir Hussain

Looking for Einstein : can the United Nations be reformed? / Alamgir Hussain

Muslims and the reality of their cognitive dissonance / Syed M. Islam

What is Islamic terrorism and how can it be defeated? / Syed Kamran Mirza

Confronting radical Islam : united we stand, divided we fall / Ali Sina

Conclusion : expanding the circle to sanity / Kim Ezra Shienbaum.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

482516413