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Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism
Karima Bennoune
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Description for Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism
Paperback. With a new afterword. "Compelling, meticulously researched. Should be required reading."-Washington Post Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
Karima Bennoune interviewed journalists, doctors, musicians, museum curators, lawyers, street vendors and women's rights activists, among others, in her three-year investigation of opposition to the rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism from Lahore to Minneapolis. Her subjects' own religious views range from the wholly secular to the deeply devout, yet all bear painful witness to the brutal effects of fundamentalist violence and oppression. Defenders of freedom, they struggle to foster creativity, compassion, discussion and diversity even sometimes in the face of death threats (and more than threats) from armed religious militants. Yet, some of these vibrant, engaging and heroic people also ... Read more
Karima Bennoune interviewed journalists, doctors, musicians, museum curators, lawyers, street vendors and women's rights activists, among others, in her three-year investigation of opposition to the rising tide of Muslim fundamentalism from Lahore to Minneapolis. Her subjects' own religious views range from the wholly secular to the deeply devout, yet all bear painful witness to the brutal effects of fundamentalist violence and oppression. Defenders of freedom, they struggle to foster creativity, compassion, discussion and diversity even sometimes in the face of death threats (and more than threats) from armed religious militants. Yet, some of these vibrant, engaging and heroic people also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
354g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393350258
SKU
V9780393350258
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About Karima Bennoune
Karima Bennoune is a professor of international law at the University of California-Davis School of Law. She grew up in Algeria and the United States and now lives in northern California.
Reviews for Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism
Her [Karima Bennoune's] reporting is diligent, passionate and convincing.
The Economist Bennoune offers a compelling, meticulously researched account...
Guardian Weekly Bennoune has written a very necessary book indeed, and it is to be hoped that it will find the widest audience possible.
Times Higher Education Should be required reading.
... Read more
The Economist Bennoune offers a compelling, meticulously researched account...
Guardian Weekly Bennoune has written a very necessary book indeed, and it is to be hoped that it will find the widest audience possible.
Times Higher Education Should be required reading.
... Read more