Islamic activists
Subtitle: the anti-enlightenment democrats
By: Deina Ali Abdelkader
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780745322162; 9780745322179
Subjects: Islam and politics; Islam and civil society; Fundamentalismus; Intellektueller; Islam; Political activists; Demokratie
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-150) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: orientalism, Islamic activism and rational thought?; title: The rudiments of an Islamic just society: the contributions of Abu-Ishaq al-Shatibi; title: Yusuf al-Qaradawi: modernization is key; title: Rachid al-Ghannouchi: minorities and equality; title: Abdessalam Yassine: the just ruler; title: Conclusion: reason and faith: the Islamists versus the "stillborn God".