The Qur'an Problem and Islamism: Reflections of a Dissident Muslim

Mansur, Salim

ISBN 10: 1927618088 / ISBN 13: 9781927618080

Published by Mantua Books Ltd., Canada, 2017

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Signed and inscribed by the author on half-title. Softcover. Clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Qur'an Problem and Islamism: Reflections of a Dissident Muslim
• Publisher: Mantua Books Ltd., Canada
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1927618088
• ISBN 13: 9781927618080
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

Salim Mansur’s The Qur’an Problem and Islamism is about religion and politics, about Muslims and Islam, and the internal debate within the world of Islam about Islamic reform and what it entails. The author discusses the difference between Islam, as a world religion within the Abrahamic tradition of monotheism, and Islamism, as a political ideology and a theology of jihad, and how historically Islam as a religion was turned into the ideology of Islamism, or political Islam. The sacred text of Islam is the Qur’an, and the challenge of any text lies in how it is read, understood, and practiced. The “Qur’an problem” has been right from the outset of Islamic history following the demise of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, in how to read, understand, interpret, and apply the meaning of the Qur’an in the lives of Muslims, and how this “Qur’an problem” remains the source of violence among Muslims at the present time as it has been in the past. It is the contention of the author that any reform of Islam that will assist Muslims reconcile with the modern world of science and democracy, and contribute to peace among them and with the rest of the world, must begin with a positive resolution of the “Qur’an problem.”

About the Author

Salim Mansur is a professor of political science at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. He is also the author of the award-winning (“The Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal 2014”) book Delectable Lie: a liberal repudiation of multiculturalism.