Islam without extremes : a Muslim case for liberty /
From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton,
[2011]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam. |
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| Physical Description: | 352 pages : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-329) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393070866 (hardcover) : 0393070867 (hardcover) |