The trouble with Islam today
Subtitle: a wake-up call for honesty and change
By: Irshad Manji
Publisher: Mainstream
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781840189247
Subjects: Islam; Doctrines; Relations; Islam and civil society; Controversial literature; Interfaith relations
Description: "Irshad Manji calls herself a Muslim refusenik ... In blunt, provocative and deeply personal terms, she unearths the troubling cornerstones of Islam as it is widely practised today: tribal insularity, deep-seated anti-Semitism and an uncritical acceptance of the Quran as the final, and therefore superior, manifesto of God ... Manji offers a practical vision of how Islam can undergo a reformation that empowers women, promotes respect for religious minorities and fosters a competition of ideas. Her vision revives Islam's lost tradition of independent thought. The recipient of death threats as well as heartfelt support from her co-religionists, Manji travels throughout the world with her challenge for both Muslims and non-Muslims: dare to ask questions - out loud"--Publisher's description on back cover.
Notes: Originally published: Canada : Random House Canada, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254).
Table of contents: title: How I became a Muslim refusenik; title: Seventy virgins?; title: When did we stop thinking?; title: Gates and girdles; title: Who's betraying whom?; title: The hidden underbellyof Islam; title: Operation Ijtihad; title: In praise of honesty; title: Thank God for the West