REFORM AND MODERNITY IN ISLAM by Safdar Ahmed ( 9781848857353 )

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REFORM AND MODERNITY IN ISLAM
THE PHILOSOPHICAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL DISCOURSES AMONG MUSLIM REFORMERS

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Safdar Ahmed

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1848857357

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I.B.TAURIS & CO LTD.

Pub. date:

30 May, 2013

Series:

Library of Modern Religion

Pages:

288

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The debate over Islam and modernity is approached from a Eurocentric perspective that presents Western norms as a template for progress. This misses the development of Muslim reformist thought that actively engages with the world around it and seeks to reconfigure Islam within the diverse conditions of modernity.

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The debate over Islam and modernity tends to be approached from a Eurocentric perspective that presents Western norms as a template for progress - against which Islamic societies can be measured. This misses the historical development of Muslim reformist thought that actively engages with the world around it and seeks to reconfigure Islam within the diverse conditions of modernity. Safdar Ahmed paints a complex and nuanced picture that goes beyond the idea that Muslim reformers have either reproduced or reacted against Western ideas. Rather, Ahmed argues, they have reconstructed and appropriated these ideas, and so the thread of Western influence runs through modern Islamic thought on nationalism and sovereignty, femininity and gender. Ahmed uncovers new historiographical perspectives by critically examining the work of prominent intellectuals, such as Muhammad Abduh, Qasim Amin and Abdul A'la Maududi.

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