Islamic activists [electronic resource] : the anti-enlightenment democrats / Deina Ali Abdelkader.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdelkader, Dina
Language:English
Published: New York : Pluto Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Islam and civil society.
Islam and politics.
Islam > 21st century.
Political activists > Islamic countries.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2011 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2011 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2011 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Islamic Activists: The Anti-enlightenment Democrats
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: orientalism, Islamic activism and rational thought?
  • The rudiments of an Islamic just society: the contributions of Abu-Ishaq al-Shatibi
  • Yusuf al-Qaradawi: modernization is key
  • Rachid al-Ghannouchi: minorities and equality
  • Abdessalam Yassine: the just ruler
  • Conclusion: reason and faith: the Islamists versus the "stillborn God".