For the last several decades an influential group of Egyptian
scholars and public intellectuals has been having a profound effect
in the Islamic world. Raymond Baker offers a compelling portrait of
these New Islamists--Islamic scholars, lawyers, judges, and
journalists who provide the moral and intellectual foundations for
a more fully realized Islamic community, open to the world and with
full rights of active citizenship for women and non-Muslims.
The New Islamists have a record of constructive engagement in
Egyptian public life, balanced by an unequivocal critique of the
excesses of Islamist extremists. Baker shows how the New Islamists
are translating their thinking into action in education and the
arts, economics and social life, and politics and foreign relations
despite an authoritarian political environment. For the first time,
Baker allows us to hear in context the most important New Islamist
voices, including Muhammad al Ghazzaly, Kamal Abul Magd, Muhammad
Selim al Awa, Fahmy Huwaidy, Tareq al Bishry, and Yusuf al
Qaradawy--regarded by some as the most influential Islamic scholar
in the world today. A potentially transformative force in global
Islam, the New Islamists define Islam as a civilization that
engages others and searches for common ground through shared values
such as justice, peace, human rights, and democracy.
"Islam without Fear" is an impressive achievement that
contributes to the understanding of Islam in general and the
possibilities of a centrist Islamist politics in particular.
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