And God Knows the Soldiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook And God Knows the Soldiers write by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl. This book was released on 2001-08-28. And God Knows the Soldiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a substantially expanded edition of the author's seminal work The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses: A Contemporary Case Study. Beginning with the case study of a Muslim basketball player who refused to stand up while the American national anthem was playing, the author documents the disintegration of the Islamic juristic tradition, and the prevalence of authoritarianism in contemporary Muslim discourses. The author analyzes the rise of what he describes as puritan and despotic trends in modern Islam, and asserts that such trends nullify the richness and diversity of the Islamic tradition. By declaring themselves the true soldiers of God and the defenders of religion, Muslim puritan movements are able to degrade women, eradicate critical thinking, and empty Islam of its moral content. In effect, the author argues, the self-declared protectors of Islam become its despots and oppressors who suppress the dynamism and vigor of the Islamic message. Anchoring himself in the rich Islamic jurisprudential tradition, the author argues for upholding the authoritativeness of the religious text without succumbing to authoritarian methodologies of interpretation. Ultimately, the author asserts that in order to respect the integrity of the Divine laws it is necessary to adopt rigorous analytical methodologies of interpretation, and to re-investigate the place of morality in modern Islam.
And God Knows the Soldiers
And God Knows the Soldiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook And God Knows the Soldiers write by Khaled Abou El FADL. This book was released on 2019. And God Knows the Soldiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Conference of the Books
Conference of the Books - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conference of the Books write by Khaled Abou El Fadl. This book was released on 2001. Conference of the Books available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abou El Fadl (Islamic law, UCLA School of Law) wrote the 62 brief essays here over the course of five years. Through a combination of musings and critical reflections on classical Muslim authors, he both traces Muslim intellectual history and also confronts questions of ethics, faith, law, politics, culture, and modern identity. He ranges over many facets of Islam in the contemporary world, exploring censorship, political oppression, terrorism, the veil and the treatment of women, marriage, parental rights, the dynamics between law and morality, the character of the prophet Muhammad, and other topics. About half the essays first appeared in The minaret magazine. c. Book News Inc.
Speaking in God's Name
Speaking in God's Name - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Speaking in God's Name write by Khaled Abou El Fadl. This book was released on 2014-10-01. Speaking in God's Name available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on both religious and secular sources, this challenging book argues that divinely ordained law is frequently misinterpreted by Muslim authorities at the expense of certain groups, including women. Khaled Abou El Fadl cites a series of injustices in Islamic society and ultimately proposes a return to the original ethics at the heart of the Muslim legal system.
Soldiers of God
Soldiers of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Soldiers of God write by Robert D. Kaplan. This book was released on 2008-12-24. Soldiers of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First time in paperback, with a new Introduction and final chapter World affairs expert and intrepid travel journalist Robert D. Kaplan braved the dangers of war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s, living among the mujahidin—the “soldiers of god”—whose unwavering devotion to Islam fueled their mission to oust the formidable Soviet invaders. In Soldiers of God we follow Kaplan’s extraordinary journey and learn how the thwarted Soviet invasion gave rise to the ruthless Taliban and the defining international conflagration of the twenty-first century. Kaplan returns a decade later and brings to life a lawless frontier. What he reveals is astonishing: teeming refugee camps on the deeply contentious Pakistan-Afghanistan border; a war front that combines primitive fighters with the most technologically advanced weapons known to man; rigorous Islamic indoctrination academies; a land of minefields plagued by drought, fierce tribalism, insurmountable ethnic and religious divisions, an abysmal literacy rate, and legions of war orphans who seek stability in military brotherhood. Traveling alongside Islamic guerrilla fighters, sharing their food, observing their piety in the face of deprivation, and witnessing their determination, Kaplan offers a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of a people and a country that are at the center of world events.
