Book Description
Based on actual cases, these original essays present an honest and critical evaluation of the problems and challenges that confront Muslims in the Contemporary world. Using the Muslim experience in the United States as a lens, the author examines what he identifies as a pervasive alienation suffered by Muslims over their place in history, source of identity, and moral foundations. The author imagines himself sitting in a conference of Islamic books - the Conference convening to examine the contemporary Muslim condition. Various influential intellectual trends are represented in this Conference, but the author is not a passive observer, he is an active participant who reacts to the Conference with introspection and critical moral insight. The author positions himself on a bridge between the intellectual heritage of Islam and the oppressive Muslim present, arguing that the salvation of one is intricately linked to the other. This book attempts to reclaim what the author maintains is a core moral value in Islam - the value of beauty.
About the Author
Khaled M. Abou El Fadl is the author of several books and articles. Two of his upcoming books will be published with Cambridge University Press, on the topics of rebellion in Islamic law and women in the Islamic legal tradition. He is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Fellow of Islamic Law at UCLA School of Law where he teaches Islamic Law, Immigration, Human Rights, Terrorism, and National Security Law.
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- The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) by David Commins in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims in Europe and in the United States by Jocelyne Cesari in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia (Studies in Comparative Religion) by Jonathan E. Brockopp in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call for Reckoning by J. Budziszewski in Front Matter
- Islam And The West Post-september 11th by Theodore Gabriel on page 94
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