Author: Ziauddin SardarPublisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN: 9780720118643
Category : Civilization, Islamic
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Future of Muslim Civilization
Author: Ziauddin SardarPublisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN: 9780720118643
Category : Civilization, Islamic
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Future of Muslim Civilisation
Author: Ziauddin SardarPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780856648007
Category : Islam
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Muslim Civilization
Author: M. Umer ChapraPublisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0860376060
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
"[This is] a subject of such relevance and importance that one wonders why nobody else dealt with it in book form before."—Dr. Wilfried Hofmann Muslim civilization has experienced a decline during the last five centuries after previously having undergone a long period of prosperity and comprehensive development. This raises a number of questions such as what factors enable Muslims to become successful during the earlier centuries of Islam and what led them to their present weak position. Is Islam responsible for this decline or are there some other factors which come into play? M. Umer Chapra provides an authoritative diagnosis and prescription to reverse this decline. M. Umer Chapra is a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, and author of The Future of Economics and Islam and the Economic Challenge.
The Crisis of Islamic Civilization
Author: Ali A. AllawiPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300139310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Islam as a religion is central to the lives of over a billion people, but its outer expression as a distinctive civilization has been undergoing a monumental crisis. Buffeted by powerful adverse currents, Islamic civilization today is a shadow of its former self. The most disturbing and possibly fatal of these currents—the imperial expansion of the West into Muslim lands and the blast of modernity that accompanied it—are now compounded by a third giant wave, globalization. These forces have increasingly tested Islam and Islamic civilization for validity, adaptability, and the ability to hold on to the loyalty of Muslims, says Ali A. Allawi in his provocative new book. While the faith has proved resilient in the face of these challenges, other aspects of Islamic civilization have atrophied or died, Allawi contends, and Islamic civilization is now undergoing its last crisis. The book explores how Islamic civilization began to unravel under colonial rule, as its institutions, laws, and economies were often replaced by inadequate modern equivalents. Allawi also examines the backlash expressed through the increasing religiosity of Muslim societies and the spectacular rise of political Islam and its terrorist offshoots. Assessing the status of each of the building blocks of Islamic civilization, the author concludes that Islamic civilization cannot survive without the vital spirituality that underpinned it in the past. He identifies a key set of principles for moving forward, principles that will surprise some and anger others, yet clearly must be considered.
A History of Muslim Civilization: From late antiquity to the fall of the Umayyads
Author: Huseyin AbivaPublisher: IQRA International Educational Foun
ISBN: 9781563164552
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
Author: Tariq RamadanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019517111X
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Begins by offering a reading of Islamic sources, interpreting them for a Western context. The author demonstrates how an understanding of universal Islamic principles can open the door to integration into Western societies. He then shows how these principles can be put to practical use.
Introduction to Islamic Civilization
Author: Roger SavoryPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521099486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
"Based on a successful series of adult-education programmes broadcast on Canadian radio, organised by members of the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto."--P. [4] of cover.
Islamic Civilization
Author: Creating a Future Islamic Civilization
Author: Rāshid ShāzFollowing Muhammad
Author: Carl W. ErnstPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807875805
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Avoiding the traps of sensational political exposes and specialized scholarly Orientalism, Carl Ernst introduces readers to the profound spiritual resources of Islam while clarifying diversity and debate within the tradition. Framing his argument in terms of religious studies, Ernst describes how Protestant definitions of religion and anti-Muslim prejudice have affected views of Islam in Europe and America. He also covers the contemporary importance of Islam in both its traditional settings and its new locations and provides a context for understanding extremist movements like fundamentalism. He concludes with an overview of critical debates on important contemporary issues such as gender and veiling, state politics, and science and religion.