Islam and the Challenge of Civilization

by Abdelwahab Meddeb

Book Overview

Abdelwahab Meddeb makes an urgent case for an Islamic reformation, located squarely in Western Europe, now home to millions of Muslims, where Christianity and Judaism have come to coexist with secular humanism and positivist law. He is not advocating "moderate" Islam, which he characterizes as thinly disguised Wahabism, but rather an Islam inspired by the great Sufi thinkers, whose practice of religion was not bound by doctrine.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823251233
• ISBN13: 9780823251230
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"