Islam without extremes : a Muslim case for liberty /
Akyol, Mustafa,1972-
New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Co.,
c2011.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-329) and index.
The beginnings. A light unto tribes -- The enlightenment of the Orient -- The medieval war of ideas (I) -- The medieval war of ideas (II) -- The desert 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.
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.
Islam and state.
Secularism
Liberty
Liberalism