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The Search for Beauty in Islam. A Conference of the Books.
Khaled Abou El Fadl
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Description for The Search for Beauty in Islam. A Conference of the Books.
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 31. Weight in Grams: 917.
Khaled Abou El Fadl is a classically-trained Islamic jurist, an American lawyer and law professor, and one of the most important Islamic thinkers today. In this updated and expanded edition of The Search for Beauty in Islam, Abou El Fadl offers eye-opening and enlightening insights into the contemporary realities of the current state of Islam and the West. Through a 'conference of the books,' an imagined conference of Muslim intellects from centuries past, Abou El Fadl examines the ugliness that has come to plague Muslim realities and attempts to reclaim what he maintains is a core moral value in Islam-the ... Read more
Khaled Abou El Fadl is a classically-trained Islamic jurist, an American lawyer and law professor, and one of the most important Islamic thinkers today. In this updated and expanded edition of The Search for Beauty in Islam, Abou El Fadl offers eye-opening and enlightening insights into the contemporary realities of the current state of Islam and the West. Through a 'conference of the books,' an imagined conference of Muslim intellects from centuries past, Abou El Fadl examines the ugliness that has come to plague Muslim realities and attempts to reclaim what he maintains is a core moral value in Islam-the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742550933
SKU
V9780742550933
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About Khaled Abou El Fadl
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl is Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law where he teaches Islamic law, immigration, human rights, and international and national security law. He holds degrees from Yale University (B.A.), University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.) and Princeton University (M.A./Ph.D.). He serves on the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch and was also ... Read more
Reviews for The Search for Beauty in Islam. A Conference of the Books.
El Fadl attempts to offer interpretations that are humanistic and accommodating to modern values, yet simultaneously challenging for traditionalist scholars and preachers.
An-Chi Hoh Dianu
The Library Quarterly
This highly original book is in part a dialogue with Muslim scholars in the past, and, in part, a hymn to an enthralling vision that 'beauty' is to bring ... Read more
An-Chi Hoh Dianu
The Library Quarterly
This highly original book is in part a dialogue with Muslim scholars in the past, and, in part, a hymn to an enthralling vision that 'beauty' is to bring ... Read more