This book tackles the most significant issues facing Muslims today. Sachedina argues that we must reopen the doors of religious interpretation--to correct false interpretations, replace outdated laws, and formulate new doctrines. His book critically analyzes Muslim teachings on such issues as pluralism, civil society, war and peace, and violence and self-sacrifice.
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Reasserts Islam's potential as a source of tolerance and pluralism. One can only hope that this wok is translated into Arabic and widely read by Muslims."Middleeast Journal
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Abdulaziz Sachedina is at Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Professor Sachedina is my professor at the University of Virginia, and I can honestly say he has a sincere and honest belief in both the ability of Islam to incorporate democracy and the essential nature of human dignity--both of which are important for mutual respect and acknowledgment of the contributions Islam and pluralism can make to the world today. This book is accessible and well planned and thought out, and a must read for anyone who wants a picture of Islam from a deeply religious and pious man, but who is not an exclusivist.
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A must read for those interested in Political Islam,
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The teachings in the Qur'an that Sachedina explains in The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism are essential in establishing the basis for mutually respectful and democratic relationships among Muslims, and between Muslims and the non-Muslim world. Democratic pluralism thrives on the ability of citizens to value each other and respect each other's dignity and human rights. In terms religious Muslims, Christians, and Jews can understand, democratic pluralism succeeds where citizens accept that the individual is created in the image of God and that all religions share membership in a loving relationship with GodI believe that "The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism" can help Muslims reclaim their religion and set a path for themselves for the rest of the twenty-first century.
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At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the theory and practice of Islamic government are posing a formidable challenge to prevailing secularist modernist ideas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ethical public order, revelatory guidance, revealed guidance, universal guidance, natural guidance, interpersonal justice, salvific efficacy, human religiosity, human jurisdiction, interhuman relations, interreligious relations, restorative justice, democratic pluralism, independent reasoning Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the theory and practice of Islamic government are posing a formidable challenge to prevailing secularist modernist ideas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ethical public order, revelatory guidance, revealed guidance, universal guidance, natural guidance, interpersonal justice, salvific efficacy, human religiosity, human jurisdiction, interhuman relations, interreligious relations, restorative justice, democratic pluralism, independent reasoning Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sayyid Qutb, Muslim Brotherhood, Gulf War, Middle East, Prophet Muhammad, Children of Adam, Old Testament New!
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- Under Crescent & Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages by Mark R. Cohen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Idea of Civil Society by Adam B. Seligman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A History of Islamic Law (New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys) by Noel J. Coulson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Modern Islamic Political Thought by Hamid Enayat in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Islam in Modern History by Wilfred Cantwell Smith in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Remaking Muslim Politics: Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics) by Robert W. Hefner on page 35, page 85, and page 272
- No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Contemporary Islam: Dynamic, not Static by Abdul Said on page 128, and page 239
- Humanity Before God: Contemporary Faces of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Ethics by William Schweiker on page 261, and page 279
- Bioethics and Organ Transplantation in a Muslim Society: A Study in Culture, Ethnography, and Religion (Bioethics and the Humanities) by Farhat Moazam in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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