The challenge of modernizing Islam : reformers speak out and the obstacles they face / Christine Douglass-Williams, Daniel Pipes, and Robert Spencer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglass-Williams, Christine, author.

Pipes, Daniel, author.

Spencer, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformers--Islamic countries--Interviews.

Reformers.

Islamic renewal.

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, [2017]

Summary:

The entire foreign policy and much of the domestic policy of the United States and other Western governments is based on the proposition that the vast majority of Muslims are moderate and peaceful, including those who are emigrating in large numbers to Europe and North America. But as Islamist groups and many mosques radicalize peaceful Muslims and appeal to the teachings of the Koran, Hadith, and Sunnah, it is imperative for moderates and reformists to articulate a vision of Islam and an exegesis of Islamic texts that can withstand the challenge of Islamists and the ulema who have declared the sanctity and immutability of the text. Instead, they must reestablish a firm foundation of Islam that is modernized, genuinely peaceful, tolerant, pluralistic, and compatible with secular governance, the freedom of speech, human rights, and equality.The Challenge of Modernizing Islam is the first major effort to provide that foundation. Veteran journalist Christine Douglass-Williams interviews foremost moderate and reformist Muslims in the Western world. She asks them tough questions about how they deal with problematic Koran passages, how they intend to get their message across to the Muslim world, and more. Their answers are revelatory, even in the ways in which they disagree with one another. Douglass-Williams has captured the Islamic Reformist movement in its full intellectual ferment, laying bare the tensions and triumphs of the Reformers. In the book's second half, she adds a crucial series of searingly honest and illuminating reflections on the challenges the reformers face, the chances they have of succeeding, and the implications of their struggle for the future of the Western world and of all free people.Illuminating, engaging, and thought-provoking, The Challenge of Modernizing Islam is an essential text for understanding the future of the United States and the West, and the implications of Muslim moderates' struggle for the free world.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Foreword

Part One

Introduction

Chapter One: Dr. Zuhdi Jasser

Chapter Two: Raheel Raza

Chapter Three: Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour

Chapter Four: Dr. Tawfik Hamid

Chapter Five: Dr. Salim Mansur

Chapter Six: Dr. Qanta Ahmed

Chapter Seven: Dr. Jalal Zuberi

Chapter Eight: Shireen Qudosi

Part Two

Chapter Nine: Islam and Islamism: Identifying the Enemy

Chapter Ten: Moderates and Reformists

Chapter Eleven: Problematic Islamic Texts

Chapter Twelve: The “Islamophobia” Deception

Chapter Thirteen: The Israel Factor

Chapter Fourteen: Who Speaks for Muslims?

Conclusion

Glossary

A Timeline History of Islam

Acknowledgments

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ISBN:

9781641770217

164177021X

OCLC:

1492943064