| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
352 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-329) and index. |
| Contents |
The beginnings. A light unto tribes ; The enlightenment of the Orient ; The Medieval war of ideas (I) ; The Medieval war of ideas (II) ; The sert beneath the iceberg -- The modern era. The Ottoman revival ; Romans, Herodians, and Zealots ; The Turkish march to Islamic liberalism -- Signposts on the liberal road. Freedom from the state ; Freedom to sin ; Freedom from Islam. |
| Summary |
From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam. |
| Subject |
Islam and state.
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Secularism -- Islamic countries.
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Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Liberalism -- Islamic countries.
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| ISBN |
9780393070866 hardcover $25.95 |
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0393070867 hardcover |
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