Islam and Modernity: Muslim Intellectuals Respond

Cooper, John; Nettler, Ron; Mahmoud, Muhammed

ISBN 10: 1860645313 / ISBN 13: 9781860645310

Published by I.B. Tauris (edition New), 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Islam and Modernity: Muslim Intellectuals Respond
• Publisher: I.B. Tauris (edition New)
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860645313
• ISBN 13: 9781860645310
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: New.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

This text presents the ideas of a number of contemporary modernist and liberal Muslim thinkers, exposing an important intellectual current in Islamic thought. These figures work mainly outside "established" institutional, political and religious frameworks, whilst relying heavily on traditional sources. Responding to the challenges brought by colonialism and modernization, they propose new conceptions and interpretations of Islam consonant with the age. Although their specific concerns and emphases vary, their thought shares certain features; a reconsideration of the relation between religion and politics; an easy incorporation of modern Western ideas; a reinterpretaton of sacred sources which highlights their more universalist elements; and a conception of Islam as moving with historical change whilst remaining rooted in Qur'anic values. Disputing the widespread view of modern Islam as essentially political, the book shows a quite different face of the tradition.

About the Author

John Cooper KC is a barrister at 25 Bedford Row, London and an Honorary Visiting Professor of Law at Cardiff University. John is one of the leading inquest practitioners in the country, having appeared in the Puma and Deepcut inquests and having advised the family of Gordon Gentle in their case. He represented families of servicemen in the Nimrod and Hercules aircraft explosions in their successful civil actions against the Government. In 2008 he was shortlisted by the Law Society, Liberty and Justice as Human Rights Barrister of the Year for his inquest work.