Liberal Islam A Sourcebook

by Kurzman, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780195116212
• ISBN10: 0195116216
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book contends that "Liberal Islam" is not a contradiciton in terms, but rather a thriving tradition more than a century old and undergoing a revival within the last generation. This anthology presents the translated work of 32 Muslims who are concerned with the separation of church and state, democracy, the condiditon of women, the rights of minorities, freedom of thought, and the future of human progress. The collection will be an important resource for scholars and students of Islam, the Middle East, and international affairs, and will serve the larger purpose of redressing the imbalance in our perceptions of the Islamic world.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(26)
Charles Kurzman
Liberal Islam and Its Islamic Context	3	(26)
Part I Against Theocracy	29	(30)
Ali `Abd al-Raziq
1 Message Not Government, Religion Not State	29	(8)
Muhammad Khalaf-Allah
2 Legislative Authority	37	(9)
Mahmud Taleqani
3 Taleqani's Last Sermon	46	(3)
Muhammad Sa`id Al-`Ashmawi
4 Shari`a: The Codification of Islamic Law	49	(10)
Part II Democracy	59	(42)
Muhammad Natsir
5 The Indonesian Revolution	59	(8)
S.M. Zafar
6 Accountability, Parliament, and Ijtihad	67	(6)
Mehdi Bazargan
7 Religion and Liberty	73	(12)
Dimasangcay A. Pundato
8 Christian-Muslim Democracy	85	(4)
Rachid Ghannouchi
9 Participation in Non-Islamic Government	89	(7)
Sadek J. Sulaiman
10 Democracy and Shura	96	(5)
Part III Rights of Women	101	(44)
Nazira Zein-ed-Din
11 Unveiling and Veiling	101	(6)
Benazir Bhutto
12 Politics and the Muslim Woman	107	(5)
Fatima Mernissi
13 A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam	112	(15)
Amina Wadud-Muhsin
14 Qur'an and Woman	127	(12)
Muhammad Shahrour
15 Islam and the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women	139	(6)
Part IV Rights of Non-Muslims	145	(42)
Humayun Kabir
16 Minorities in a Democracy	145	(10)
Chandra Muzaffar
17 Universalism in Islam	155	(6)
Mohamed Talbi
18 Religious Liberty	161	(8)
Ali Bulac
19 The Medina Document	169	(10)
Rusmir Mahmutcehajic
20 The Downhill Path and Defense, Not Surrender	179	(8)
Part V Freedom of Thought	187	(68)
Ali Shari`ati
21 Humanity and Islam	187	(9)
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
22 Extremism	196	(9)
Mohamed Arkoun
23 Rethinking Islam Today	205	(17)
`Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im
24 Shari`a and Basic Human Rights Concerns	222	(17)
Alhaji Adeleke Dirisu Ajijola
25 The Problem of `Ulama'	239	(5)
Abdul-Karim Soroush
26 The Evolution and Devolution of Religious Knowledge	244	(11)
Part VI Progress	255	(74)
Muhammad Iqbal
27 The Principle of Movement in the Structure of Islam	255	(15)
Mahmoud Mohamed Taha
28 The Second Message of Islam	270	(14)
Nurcholish Madjid
29 The Necessity of Renewing Islamic Thought and Reinvigorating Religious Understanding	284	(11)
Mamadiou Dia
30 Islam and Humanism	295	(9)
Fazlur Rahman
31 Islam and Modernity	304	(15)
Shabbir Akhtar
32 Islam and the Challenge of the Modern World	319	(10)
Glossary	329	(2)
Index of Qur'anic Citations	331	(4)
Index of Personal Names	335