Islam: Between Message and History (In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers)

Abdelmadjid Charfi,Abdou Filali-Ansary,Sikeena Karmali Ahmed

ISBN 10: 0748639675 / ISBN 13: 9780748639670

Published by Edinburgh University Press -, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Islam: Between Message and History (In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press -
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748639675
• ISBN 13: 9780748639670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book could easily be called 'A Guide for the Modern Muslim', for someone to whom the sentiments of his or her ancestors resonate but who cannot accept the canonised formulas of a stultified education. Charfi spells out what, for him, is the essential message of Islam, followed by a history of its unfolding through the person of the Prophet Muhammad, who was a visionary seeking to change the ideals, attitudes and behaviours of the society in which he lived. The message and its history are delineated as two separate things, conflated by tradition. Charfi's reflections cross those horizons where few Muslim scholars have dared until now to tread. He confronts with great lucidity those difficult questions with which Muslims are struggling, attempting to reconsider them from a moral and political perspective that is independent of the frameworks produced by tradition.

About the Authors

Abdelmadjid Charfi was Professor of Arabic Civilisation and Islamic Thought at the University of Manouba until his retirement in 2002.

Abdou Filali-Ansary is Director of the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations. He is author of several books including Is Islam Hostile to Secularism? and Reforming Islam? An Introduction to Contemporary Debates.

A professional translator, David is fluent in Arabic and French. His previous translations include Understanding the Qur’an Today by Mahmoud Hussein (Saqi Books, 2013) and Islam: Between Message and History by Abdelmadjid Charfi (EUP, 2009).

Sikeena Karmali Ahmed is the Manager of Publications at The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations. She is the author of a collection of poetry, Places to Remember, and an award-winning novel entitled A House by the Sea.