| Description |
lxx, 360 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : rescuing Islam from the Hijackers -- A faith for all seasons -- Bearing witness -- A global faith with local applications -- A churchless faith -- A religion of hope -- A natural religion -- Reining in one's desires -- Synergy and society -- Ottoman ethics -- The alms-tax -- The day of the dictator -- What does "Islam" mean? -- Moses, Jesus and Mohammed -- The prophets -- Moses -- Jesus -- The essence of Christianity -- A question -- Weakly-coupled religions -- Mohammed -- Divine law -- Islamic epistemology and the foundations of Islamic law -- Exoteric practices : the five pillars of Islam -- The six pillars of faith or the Moslem's creed -- Grading of actions -- On destiny -- Prayer : the ascension for all -- The secret of love at the heart of Islam -- The secret that is law -- The secret that is conscience -- The secret that is love -- Eight heavens, seven hells -- The music of the Koran -- The fractured mirror -- Un-fracturing -- Unification -- The source of bliss -- Truth, beauty, goodness -- The music of the Koran -- The chapter of the opening -- Should there be a "reformation" in Islam? -- The Koran -- The prophet of God -- Reason -- Knowledge and science -- Faith -- Ethics and morality -- Gnosis -- Islam and democracy -- Islam and theocracy council -- Holy law -- Islam and terrorism -- Islam and slavery -- Islam and racism -- Is Islam itself totalitarian? -- The views of a specialist -- Separation of powers -- Women's rights -- Religion : a necessity for democracy? -- Atheism means cruelty and tyranny -- The tyranny of the majority and human rights -- Organization of the Islamic community -- Why are human beings equal? -- Democracy in polytheistic societies -- Humans in the Bible -- Matter and spirit -- Humans in Islam -- The Human being is holy in Islam -- Ethics and the Democratic personality -- Women in Islam -- The prophet's example -- Common fallacies regarding the status of women -- Historical, social, and cultural influences on Islam -- Political factors -- Geographical factors -- About polygamy -- Views of Western orientalists -- Family life -- Love and the Sufis -- Contemporary society -- Introduction to Sufism -- Sufism : the case of the cryptic Wineglass -- From hermeticism to Sufism -- The spiritual journey of the Sufi -- The flowering of the perfect human -- Epilogue : finding the heart of Islam. |
| Subject |
Islam.
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Islamic law.
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Faith (Islam)
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Droit islamique
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Foi islamique
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Islam
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Soufisme
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| ISBN |
1556434324 |
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9781556434327 |
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