Reopening Muslim Minds
A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance
Seiten
2025
Forum (Verlag)
9781800751736 (ISBN)
Forum (Verlag)
9781800751736 (ISBN)
A fascinating journey into Islam's diverse history of ideas, making an argument for an ‘Islamic Enlightenment’ today.
In Reopening Muslim Minds, Turkish scholar and author Mustafa Akyol frankly diagnoses ‘the crisis of Islam’ in the modern world and offers an authentic way forward. Diving deep into Islamic theology and sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism that made them a great civilization in their earlier centuries – and what the cost has been. He highlights how values often associated with Western Enlightenment – freedom, reason, tolerance, and an appreciation of science – had Islamic counterparts, which were tragically cast aside in favour of more dogmatic views. By rereading the Qur’an and revisiting the Sharia, Akyol shows the path to a renewal in Islam.
In Reopening Muslim Minds, Turkish scholar and author Mustafa Akyol frankly diagnoses ‘the crisis of Islam’ in the modern world and offers an authentic way forward. Diving deep into Islamic theology and sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism that made them a great civilization in their earlier centuries – and what the cost has been. He highlights how values often associated with Western Enlightenment – freedom, reason, tolerance, and an appreciation of science – had Islamic counterparts, which were tragically cast aside in favour of more dogmatic views. By rereading the Qur’an and revisiting the Sharia, Akyol shows the path to a renewal in Islam.
Mustafa Akyol is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, focusing on Islam and modernity, and a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. His book Islam without Extremes was longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize, while being banned in Malaysia for challenging the ‘religion police’. In 2021, Prospect picked Akyol as one of the world’s top ten thinkers.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.02.2024 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien |
| ISBN-13 | 9781800751736 / 9781800751736 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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