| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
352 p. : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-329) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Islam and state.
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Secularism -- Islamic countries.
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Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Liberalism -- Islamic countries.
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| ISBN |
9780393070866 (hardcover) : $25.95 |
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0393070867 (hardcover) |
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