Definitive Encounters
Subtitle: Islam, Muslims, and the West
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9789675062070
Description: The author explores various dimensions of Islam and studies some of the more hidden aspects of the encounter between Islam, Muslims and modern Western civilization. These encounters are viewed from the perspective of sacred history, vieweing events as a continuum of Adamic story. Seen through this prism, the contemporary global conflicts gain a degree of depth that is often lacking in secular approaches. The prism through which contemporary events are seen is constructed by tapping into the primary sources of Islam - the Qur'an and Sunnah - as well as the early history of Muslims and the traditional Islamic view of the cosmos and the human condition. This book builds a compelling case for seeing the contemporary situation as a continuity of an old conflict between those who believe in the Creator and those who do not.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: I. ISLAM AND MUSLIMS; title: 1. For the Love of the Prophet; title: 2. Secular Muslims; title: 3. The Muslim Agenda; title: 4. The Making of a Muslim Manifesto; title: 5. Challenges of a Brave New World; title: 6. The Twenty-First Century Mulla; title: 7. Science and Muslims; title: 8. The Role of Muslim Intellectuals; title: 9. Liberating the Muslim Mind; title: 10. Winds of Change; title: 11. Secular Muslim States; title: 12. Two Views of History; title: 13. The Vineyard and the Marketplace; title: 14. The Sleeping Ummah; title: 15. O I See; title: 16. O I See—Again; title: 17. Ramadan 1427; title: 18. The Road to Recovery; title: II. ISLAM, MUSLIMS, AND THE WEST; title: 19. Western Media’s Biases; title: 20. Hate Factories; title: 21. Manufacturing Reality; title: 22. The Second Wave of Colonization; title: 23. The Colonial Cut; title: 24. Routes of Re-Colonization; title: 25. Three Clubs; title: 26. Divide Between Us and Them; title: 27. Facets of the New War; title: 28. Realities of Our Times; title: 29. The Old Script; title: 30. Palestine Bleeds; title: 31. Lessons from Jenin; title: 32. Chaining Iraq; title: 33. Sanctioning the Spilling of Blood; title: 34. UN-Gate; title: 35. Whither the UN; title: 36. Union of Independent Nations (UIN); title: 37. Collaborators Wanted; title: 38. A Record of Infamy; title: 39. The Unjust World Order; title: 40. Fundamentals; title: 41. The Emerging Conflict; title: 42. No Time to Mourn; title: 43. The Middle East Equation; title: 44. The New Middle East; title: 45. Securing Our Way of Life; title: 46. Islam, Muslims, and Europe; title: 47. An Elegy for Iraq; title: 48. The Raj—Again?; title: 49. Canada’s Little Imperial PM; title: 50. 1427 Years Later; title: 51. Of Sailors, Mullas, and History; title: 52. Developing a Culture of Resistance; title: 53. Pork Chops in Kabul; title: 54. The Two Hundred and Sixth Year of Oppression; title: 55. Forgotten Facets of Invasions; title: 56. The West’s Attitude towards Islam and Muslims; title: 57. The Real Clash; title: 58. The Second Independence; title: 59. The Media War; title: III. ISLAM, MUSLIMS, AND AMERICA; title: 60. Faces of Terrorism; title: 61. Middle East Democracy Fever; title: 62. Making of Another Spain?; title: 63. The Tightening Noose; title: 64. American Designs for the Muslim World; title: 65. The American Calamity; title: 66. Other Victims of September 11; title: 67. Will America Remember the Dead?; title: 68. Thank you, Mr. Bush; title: 69. The All-American World Order; title: 70. Signs of Our Times; title: 71. Sorry, Mr. President; title: 72. A Requiem for Rachel; title: 73. The Fate of Empire Builders; title: 74. A State Gone Mad; title: 75. Understanding the Roadmap; title: 76. The Technology Gap; title: 77. Reality Check; title: 78. Fatima’s Letter to Mr. Bush; title: 79. The Bombers and the Bombed; title: 80. Bushy Democracies and the Future of the Muslim World; title: 81. America’s Long War; title: 82. Beyond 2004; title: 83. The Man Behind Politicking on Blood; title: 84. The Plight of the Original Americans; title: 85. The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Taliban; title: 86. The New Apartheid; title: 87. Instruments of Inquisition; title: 88. The State of the Union—2007; title: Bibliography and Suggested Readings; title: Index