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1 online resource (x, 272 pages) |
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text file rda |
| Contents |
Introduction: One Islam, three sets of Muslims -- The story of a heretic : my journey away from Islam -- Why has there been no Muslim Reformation? -- Muhammad and the Qur'an : how unquestioning reverence for the Prophet and his book obstructs reform -- Those who love death : Islam's fatal focus on the afterlife -- Shackled by sharia : how Islam's harsh religious code keeps Muslims stuck in the seventh century -- Social control begins at home : how the injunction to command right and forbid wrong keeps Muslims in line -- Jihad : why the call for holy war is a charter for terror -- The twilight of tolerance -- Conclusion: The Muslim Reformation -- Appendix: Muslim dissidents and reformers. |
| Summary |
"Ayaan Ali Hirsi makes a powerful case that a religious Reformation is the only way to end the terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities that each year claim thousands of lives throughout the Muslim world"--Publisher. |
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Explores how Islam can be reconciled with modernity to end terrorism, sectarian warfare and the repression of women and minorities. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272). |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Subject |
Islamic renewal.
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Islam -- 21st century.
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Islam and secularism.
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Islam and politics -- Islamic countries.
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Islam. |
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Islam and politics. |
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Islam and secularism. |
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Politics and government. |
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History. |
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Politics. |
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Nonfiction. |
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Islamic countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Islamic countries. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969- Heretic New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015 9780062333933 (NjBwBT)bl2015006101 (OCoLC)877364232 |
| ISBN |
9780062333957 : $15.99 |
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006233395X : $15.99 |
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