Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty
Akyol, Mustafa
ISBN 10: 0393347249 ISBN 13: 9780393347241
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2013
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As the Arab Spring threatens to give way to authoritarianism in Egypt and reports from Afghanistan detail widespread violence against U.S. troops and women, newsfrom the Muslim world raises the question: Is Islam incompatible with freedom? In Islam without Extremes, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol answers this question by revealing the little-understood roots of political Islam, which originally included both rationalist, flexible strains and more dogmatic, rigid ones. Though the rigid traditionalists won out, Akyol points to a flourishing of liberalism in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire and the unique "Islamo-liberal synthesis" in present-day Turkey. As he powerfully asserts, only by accepting a secular state can Islamic societies thrive. Islam without Extremes offers a desperately needed intellectual basis for the reconcilability of Islam and liberty.
About the Author: Mustafa Akyol lives in Istanbul and is a columnist for the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News. He has written opinion pieces for The Guardian, The Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune and Newsweek. Author website: www.thewhitepath.com
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Title: Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for ...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: paperback
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