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Islam, fundamentalism, and the betrayal of tradition : essays by Western Muslim scholars

This book offers an analysis byWestern Muslim scholars of the key reasons behind the dangerous breaksown in understanding between Islam and the West.
Print Book, English, 2004
World Wisdom, Bloomington, Ind., 2004
Aufsatzsammlung
xxii, 324 Seiten ; 23 cm.
9780941532600, 0941532607
237858108
Religious foundations. The myth of a militant Islam / David Dakake -- The decline of knowledge and the rise of ideology in the modern Islamic world / Joseph E.B. Lumbard -- A traditional Islamic response to the rise of modernism / Fuad S. Naeem -- Historical dimensions. Recollecting the spirit of jihād / Reza Shah-Kazemi -- Roots of misconception: Euro-American perceptions of Islam -- Before and after September 11 / Ibrahim Kalin -- Political dimensions. The Economics of terrorism : how Bin Laden is changing the rules of the game / Waleed El-Ansary -- The Muslim world and globalization : modernity and the roots of conflict / Ejaz Akram -- The poverty of fanaticism / T.J. Winter