The great theft
Subtitle: wrestling Islam from the extremists
By: Khaled Abou El Fadl.
Edition: First HarperCollins paperback ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780061189036
Subjects: Islam.; Muslims.; Islamic fundamentalism.; Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The battleground for faith. Islam torn between extremism and moderation ; The roots of the problem ; The rise of the early Puritans ; The story of contemporary Puritans; title: Charting the moderate versus Puritan divide. What all Muslims agree upon ; God and the purpose of creation ; The nature of law and morality ; Approaches to history and modernity ; Democracy and human rights ; Interacting with non-Muslims and salvation ; Jihad, warfare, and terrorism ; The nature and role of women.