Islam without extremes : a Muslim case for liberty /
Akyol, Mustafa, 1972-
Islam without extremes : a Muslim case for liberty / Mustafa Akyol. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2011. - 286 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-329) and index.
The beginnings. A light unto tribes -- The enlightenment of the Orient -- The medieval war of ideas (I) -- The medieval war of ideas (II) -- The desert beneath the iceberg -- The modern era. The Ottoman revival -- Romans, Herodians, and Zealots -- The Turkish march to Islamic liberalism -- Signposts on the liberal road. Freedom from the state -- Freedom to sin -- Freedom from Islam.
From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam.
0393070867
Liberalism--Islamic countries.
BP 173.6 / .A39 2011
Islam without extremes : a Muslim case for liberty / Mustafa Akyol. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2011. - 286 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-329) and index.
The beginnings. A light unto tribes -- The enlightenment of the Orient -- The medieval war of ideas (I) -- The medieval war of ideas (II) -- The desert beneath the iceberg -- The modern era. The Ottoman revival -- Romans, Herodians, and Zealots -- The Turkish march to Islamic liberalism -- Signposts on the liberal road. Freedom from the state -- Freedom to sin -- Freedom from Islam.
From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam.
0393070867
Liberalism--Islamic countries.
BP 173.6 / .A39 2011