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Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty
Mustafa Akyol
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Description for Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty
Paperback. "A delightfully original take on..the prospects for liberal democracy in the broader Islamic Middle East."-Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 302.
As the Arab Spring threatens to give way to authoritarianism in Egypt and reports from Afghanistan detail widespread violence against U.S. troops and women, news from the Muslim world raises the question: Is Islam incompatible with freedom? In Islam without Extremes, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol answers this question by revealing the little-understood roots of political Islam, which originally included both rationalist, flexible strains and more dogmatic, rigid ones. Though the rigid traditionalists won out, Akyol points to a flourishing of liberalism in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire and the unique “Islamo-liberal synthesis” in present-day Turkey. As he powerfully asserts, only by ... Read more
As the Arab Spring threatens to give way to authoritarianism in Egypt and reports from Afghanistan detail widespread violence against U.S. troops and women, news from the Muslim world raises the question: Is Islam incompatible with freedom? In Islam without Extremes, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol answers this question by revealing the little-understood roots of political Islam, which originally included both rationalist, flexible strains and more dogmatic, rigid ones. Though the rigid traditionalists won out, Akyol points to a flourishing of liberalism in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire and the unique “Islamo-liberal synthesis” in present-day Turkey. As he powerfully asserts, only by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
305g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393347241
SKU
V9780393347241
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About Mustafa Akyol
Mustafa Akyol lives in Istanbul and is a columnist for the Turkish newspapers Hürriyet Daily News and Star. He has written opinion pieces for the Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune, and Newsweek.
Reviews for Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty
"Akyol is doing important work that should have an impact well beyond his native Turkey."
Doug Bandow - American Spectator "Starred Review. Informative at every turn."
Kirkus Reviews
Doug Bandow - American Spectator "Starred Review. Informative at every turn."
Kirkus Reviews