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Remaking muslim politics

Hefner, Robert W

2005,2009,2004

Overview

There is a struggle for the hearts and minds of Muslims unfolding across the Islamic world. The conflict pits Muslims who support pluralism and democracy against others who insist such institutions are antithetical to Islam. With some 1.3 billion people worldwide professing Islam, the outcome of this contest is sure to be one of the defining political events of the twenty-first century. Bringing together twelve engaging essays by leading specialists focusing on individual countries, this pioneering book examines the social origins of civil-democratic Islam, its long-term prospects, its implications for the West, and its lessons for our understanding of religion and politics in modern times. Although depicted by its opponents as the product of political ideas \"made in the West\" civil-democratic Islam represents an indigenous politics that seeks to build a distinctive Islamic modernity. In countries like Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, and Indonesia, it has become a major political force. Elsewhere its influence is apparent in efforts to devise Islamic grounds for women's rights, religious tolerance, and democratic citizenship. Everywhere it has generated fierce resistance from religious conservatives. Examining this high-stakes clash,Remaking Muslim Politicsbreaks new ground in the comparative study of Islam and democracy. The contributors are Bahman Baktiari, Thomas Barfield, John R. Bowen, Dale F. Eickelman, Robert W. Hefner, Peter Mandaville, Augustus Richard Norton, Gwenn Okruhlik, Michael G. Peletz, Diane Singerman, Jenny B. White, and Muhammad Qasim Zaman.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: 20th century / Abdolkarim Soroush / Activism / Al-Qaeda / Algeria / Assassination / Authoritarianism / Civil society / Clergy / Criticism / Democracy / Democratization / Election / Extremism / Fatwa / Governance / Hanafi / Hassan al-Banna / Ideology / Indonesia / Institution / Iranian Revolution / Islam / Islam and politics / Islam and secularism / Islamic countries / Islamic culture / Islamic fundamentalism / Islamic party / Islamic renewal / Islamic state / Islamic Studies / Islamism / Islamization / Jihadism / Kafir / Khaled Abou El Fadl / Legislation / Legitimacy (political) / Liberalism / Madrasa / Malaysia / Modernity / Mosque / Mujahideen / Muslim / Muslim Brotherhood / Muslim world / New media / Osama bin Laden / Pluralism / Political conditions / Political party / Political philosophy / Political science / Politician / Politics / Politics and government / Protestantism / Public sphere / Quran / RELIGION / RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State / Religion and politics / Religion, Politics & State / Religious law / Saad Eddin Ibrahim / Salafi movement / Saudi Arabia / Secularism / Sharia / SOCIAL SCIENCE / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies / Sociology / Sunni Islam / Taliban / Terrorism / The Islamist / The Other Hand / Theocracy / Ulama / Wahhabism / Western world / Women in Islam
• ISBN: 0691120927, 9780691120928, 0691120935, 9780691120935, 9781400826391, 140082639X