Islam under Siege Living Dangerously in a Post- Honor World

Name: Islam under Siege Living Dangerously in a Post- Honor World
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ISBN: 9780745622101

ISBN-10: 0745622100

ISBN-13: 9780745622101

Edition: 2003

Authors: Akbar S. Ahmed

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In this text, Akbar Ahmed, a Muslim and leading social scientist who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West, explains what is going wrong in society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 8/8/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: God's Gamble



Islam under Siege



The Return of Anthropology and the Final Crusade



The Sense of Muslim Siege



What is Going Wrong?



Is it about Islam or is it Globalization?



A Post-Honor World?



Ibn Khaldun and Social Cohesion



The Khaldunian Breakdown



The Man in the Iron Cage



The Failure of Muslim Leadership



Muslim Leaders



Veiled Truth: Women in Islam



Searching for a Muslim Ideal: Inclusion



Case Study One: The Scholarship of Inclusion



Inclusivists in America: Islam in Toledo, Ohio



Searching for a Muslim Ideal: Exclusion



Case Study Two: The Scholarship of Exclusion



Exclusivists in America: The Debate in Cleveland, Ohio



Toward a Global Paradigm



The Challenge for Islam



Questions for our Time


Notes


References


Index