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Debating moderate Islam : the geopolitics of Islam and the West / edited by M.A. Muqtedar Khan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and world politics.
- Islam--21st century.
- Islam.
- Islamic renewal.
- Religious pluralism--Islam.
- Religious pluralism.
- Islamic countries--Relations--Europe.
- Islamic countries.
- Europe--Relations--Islamic countries.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Utah Series in Middle East Studies After 9/11, many Americans took the view that the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were the leading edge of a new war: Islam versus the West.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Debating Moderate Islam""; ""2. Power or Ideology: What Islamists Choose Will Determine Their Future""; ""3. Moderate Muslims: A Mainstream of Modernists, Islamists, Conservatives, and Traditionalists""; ""4. Freedom and Security: Necessary Conditions for Moderation""; ""5. Moderate Islam: A Product of American Extremism""; ""6. Islamic Democracy and Moderate Muslims: The Straight Path Runs through the Middle""; ""7. Blaming the United States, Israel, or Capitalism Is Not the Solution""
- ""8. The Clash of Ignorances: The War on Terror Must Not Compromise Muslim Rights""""9. The Erdogan Experiment in Turkey Is the Future""; ""10. Though Muslims Exist Today, Islam Does Not""; ""11. Moderate Muslims Are the Key to the Future of Islam and American-Muslim Relations""; ""12. In God We Trust: The Prospects for the Future of Islam and the West Are Positive""; ""13. Liberal Islam versus Moderate Islam: Elusive Moderates and the Siege Mentality""; ""14. Reflections on Ijtihad and Moderate Islam""; ""15. Culture Talk: Six Debates That Shape the Discourse on "Good" Muslims""
- ""16. The Transformation of a Turkish Islamic Movement: From Identity Politics to Policy""""17. Reflections on the Debate""; ""18. Defining a Moderate""; ""19. Accommodating "Moderation": A Return to Authenticityor Recourse to Heresy?""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-960-0
- OCLC:
- 761714309
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