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Pioneers of Islamic Revival (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Pioneers of Islamic Revival (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Ever since they became conscious of their relative decline, the
societies of the Middle East, and other Islamic countries more
generally, have turned to Islam as an antidote to humiliation and
decadence. This book examines the political environments, lives and
works of those diverse nineteenth and twentieth century Muslim
thinkers who believed that Islam was capable of providing practical
solutions to the problems of the modern world. The volume provides
a balanced account of their contribution to contemporary
revolutionary Islam and to political developments in countries from
Morocco to Indonesia. The writings and political activity of
al-Afghani, Muhammad Abduh, Ayatollah Khomeini, Sayyid Abu'l-A'la
Mawdudi, Hasan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, Musa al-Sadr, Ali Shariati
and Muhammad Baqr al-Sadr are considered, explaining the roots of
movements as diverse as the Muslim Brotherhood, the Jama'at-i
Islami, the radical Iranian clergy and the militant Shi'i of
Lebanon. The book provides an ideal introduction to the complexity
and variety of Islamic revival, revealing the motivations of the
thinkers who have reshaped the political vocabulary of Islam. Ali
Rahnema's major new introductory chapter puts these still hugely
influential Muslim thinkers and the movements they inspired in the
context of the extraordinarily changed circumstances confronting
Islamic countries both internally and internationally since 9/11.
He explores the dangers of any Western-Islamic standoff in a
situation where both Muslim terrorists and certain chauvinist
Christian elements are misusing the religions they ostensibly
espouse. It becomes all the more important for Muslims and
non-Muslims to understand the real thinking that has long gone in
influential Islamic circles. This book intends to make a
contribution in this regard.
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