Western Muslims and the future of Islam
By: Tariq Ramadan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Islam -- Europe; Muslims -- Europe; Islamic renewal -- Europe; Islamic modernism -- Europe; Muslims -- Cultural assimilation -- Europe; Islam -- 21st century; Europe -- Ethnic relations
Work titles: Musulmans d'Occident et l'avenir de l'islam.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Encounter with the universal; title: The Way (al-Sharia); title: In the West : first attempts at reform; title: An inventory; title: Spirituality and emotions; title: Toward a reform of Islamic education; title: Social commitment and political participation; title: Economic resistance; title: Interreligious dialogue; title: The cultural alternative.