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Islamic Perspectives on the New Millennium (Hardcover)
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The early years of the twenty-first century have been characterized
by a sense of widespread anxiety and fear because of the violent
activities of groups of terrorists who claim they act in the name
of Islam. Their acts of terrorism, viewed by a majority in the
Muslim world as crimes which must be subject to the law, are in
tragic contrast to the efforts of many Muslim intellectuals who
have been working for the past several decades to find common
ground between people of all faiths based on the universality of
humankind. This book aims to bring to the attention of non-Muslims,
in particular, the range of views which Muslims in the Middle East
and in South and Southeast Asia hold on six topics of importance to
life in the twenty-first century. The topics have been addressed
from the internal Muslim point of view to provide readers with a
sense of the main debates within Islam on each of the issues. The
topics addressed are: the new world order; globalization and
modernity; banking and finance; the nation-state; the position of
women; and law and knowledge. The chapters have been written by
Muslims and non-Muslims, each of whom is an expert on the area
about which they write. The chapters are presented in pairs which
offer Middle Eastern (and in one case South Asian) points of view
which are matched by Southeast Asian perspectives on each of the
six topics. While the media is quick to report on the more violent
expressions of Islam, including terrorism, the vigorous debates,
which now characterize the intellectual discourse in Muslim
communities, are rarely if ever reported. This book not only
describes and analyses those debates but also reflects the views of
many Muslims across the world, emphasizing the connections and
contrasts between the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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