Title: Western Muslims and the future of Islam /
Authors: Ramadan, Tariq.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Islam Europe; Muslims Europe; Islamic renewal Europe.; Islamic modernism Europe.; Muslims Cultural assimilation Europe.; Islam; Muslims Western countries.; Muslims Cultural assimilation Western countries.; Islam Western countries.; Europe Ethnic relations.
Abstract: In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: where are the Muslim reformers? Ramadan's goal is to create an independent Western Islam, anchored not in the traditions of Islamic countries but in the cultural reality of the West.
Contents: Encounter with the universal -- The Way (al-Sharia) -- In the West : first attempts at reform -- An inventory -- Spirituality and emotions -- Toward a reform of Islamic education -- Social commitment and political participation -- Economic resistance -- Interreligious dialogue -- The cultural alternative.