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Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity Tariq Ramadan
Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd

Islam, the West, and Challenges of Modernity. Additionally, Yassin-Kassab also notes that the books on the topic of Islamic reform and modernity. They grapple as individual Muslims with issues of 'modernity' in their personal lives through independent reasoning (ijtihād), but do not consciously identify themselves with, or see themselves as leaders of, the search to define what it means to be a European Muslim in the 21st century. May 21, 2014 - The cleric explained that western and religious education would enable children to overcome the challenges posed by modernity. Allawi's arguments are several, solid and often hit the nail on it's head rather hard, but he does tread the dangerous Huntington civilizational-faultline thesis, pitting Islam against the West. Sep 10, 2007 - In his introduction, Aly writes that his intention is to "start a conversation" at a time when people on both sides of the Islamic-Western divide have become increasingly unwilling to admit the legitimacy of human difference. In a rather strange Civilizations survive when they preserve their core values, which help their members maintain their “group solidarity” ('asabiyyah) in the face of internal threats and external challenges. Aly proposes that we should "identify, encourage and pursue a classical Islamic response to the challenges of modernity". Apr 28, 2014 - Khurram Murad's essay in 1986 'Muslim Youth in the West: Towards a new educational strategy' sums up the frustration of many young Muslims: Should … we . Apr 29, 2013 - At the core, he was still attempting to adapt Islam to Western notions of progress and modernity, without even probing the value of such notions in the first place. Aug 11, 2013 - Tariq is a Swiss academic and writer, known primarily for his contribution to theological debates – particularly the relationship between Islam and the West – and he is the fourth speaker to be announced for November's event in Salford Quays. Aug 26, 2009 - At this juncture — nearly 10 years after 9/11 — it is worth pausing to examine some of the recurring themes that have characterized the incendiary collision between Islamic extremism and the West. Allawi essentially is challenging the notion of economic, social and political prosperity through our only understanding of modernity – as something equivalent to Westernization. Jan 29, 2013 - Essays in Islamic Economics. Illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in Islam." Muslim immigrant communities continue to grow throughout Europe and in some cases they continue to grow more isolated and hostile towards western secular values. May 17, 2014 - He singled out Islamic and Western civilizations as the main two opponents that will shape the future of the global system. Before Ibn Khaldun, it The Enlightenment modernity sought to reduce human history to a single, Euro-centric worldview. From Utah to Eternity: A Mormon-Muslim Journey. All kinds of socio-ethical issues are lumped . Instead, they are determined that everyone should become "like them". May 13, 2014 - Rather, its presence in the west has been felt through uncomfortable socio-ethical concepts that modernity finds baffling – sharia, jihad, forced marriages, honour killings, and so on. Imam al-Ghazali: A Concise Life. This is the challenge for ordinary Muslims who don't wish to be drawn in to these debates and who are tired of having to explain and reject jihadist imperialism and violence in the name of Islam.