A.G. Noorani provides non-Muslims with the history and understanding of certain basic concepts needed to counteract the recent upsurge of ill-informed prejudice against Muslims not only in the West but also some Third World countries; and for Muslims to see through any tendency to romanticize the crude and un-islamic brutalities of fundamentalists whom he sees as imposters who are misusing the faith as a political weapon.
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"A graceful and compelling attempt to show how Islam can be modern and true to its traditions. Through gentle, probing questions, Noorani offers a frank assessment of ossified traditionalism and suggests a rationally satisfying way of being Muslim in the contemporary world. His analysis echoes the disquiet many Muslims feel about fanatical fundamentalism." -- Ziauddin Sardar, author of The Future of Muslim Civilisation and Introducing Islam
"A work of formidable scholarship, driven by a sincere desire to set the record straight, which he does with remarkable elan." --The Hindu
"A work of formidable scholarship, driven by a sincere desire to set the record straight, which he does with remarkable elan." --The Hindu
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A.G. Noorani is a well-known Indian lawyer and political commentator.
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This review is from: Islam and Jihad: Prejudice Versus Reality (Paperback)
This is an excellent eye opening book to misconceptions that some non-Muslims with an anti-Islam agenda and some Muslim extremists themselves have about Islam. The author discusses issues such as Fatwas and Jihad in a very well manner that clears many false understandings of the terms. He also exposes some of the orientalists such as Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington by for pushing these false images of Islam in the modern world. After 9/11 and the anti-Muslim propaganda that has become so mainstream, this book is a must read!
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United States, Prophet Muhammad, Chiragh Ali, Saudi Arabia, Syed Ahmad Khan, Sayyid Qutb, Minou Reeves, Ottoman Empire, Abu Bakr, Cold War, Karen Armstrong, Muslim Brotherhood, North Africa, Roots of Muslim, Soviet Union, British Muslims, Muhammad Abduh, Runnymede Trust, The Economist, Third World, Christian West, Indian Muslims, Maulana Abul A'la Maududi, Muslims of India New!
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United States, Prophet Muhammad, Chiragh Ali, Saudi Arabia, Syed Ahmad Khan, Sayyid Qutb, Minou Reeves, Ottoman Empire, Abu Bakr, Cold War, Karen Armstrong, Muslim Brotherhood, North Africa, Roots of Muslim, Soviet Union, British Muslims, Muhammad Abduh, Runnymede Trust, The Economist, Third World, Christian West, Indian Muslims, Maulana Abul A'la Maududi, Muslims of India New!
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- The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington on 5 pages
- Shattering the Myth by Bruce Lawrence on 4 pages
- One Palestine Complete by Tom Segev in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong on page 66, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon on page 27, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Search for Neofascism: The Use and Abuse of Social Science by A. James Gregor on page 166
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