TY  - BOOK
AU  - Afsaruddin,Asma
TI  - Contemporary issues in Islam
T2  - The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys
SN  - 9780748695751
AV  - DS63.123 .A37 2015eb
U1  - 297.0905 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Islam
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Islamic law
KW  - Women in Islam
KW  - Muslims
KW  - United States
KW  - Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This book deals with certain ""hot-button"" contemporary issues in Islam that are often the focus of public scrutiny, including the Sharia, jihad, the caliphate, women's status, and interfaith relations. Notably, it places the discussion of these topics within a longer historical framework in order to reveal their multiple interpretations and contested applications over time. Most public and some academic discourses however present the Islamic tradition as unchanging and therefore unable to respond to the modern world. Such an ahistorical approach fosters the belief that Muslim and Western soc
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