Presenting Islam Today - Challenges and Thought Share

Presenting Islam Today - Challenges and Thought Share
Author: Mirza Yawar Baig
Publisher: Standard Bearers Academy
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012-12-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1481100904

Allah made Da'awa Fardh on all the Muslims. To show us how to do it, He sent His Anbiya. And told His Nabi Muhammad(SAWS) to follow their way. So the way of Rasoolullah(SAWS) is not only the best way in every phase and aspect of life but most of all in the purpose for which he was sent, Da'awatul Islam. Today in our anxiety to take the message of Islam to the world we tend to disregard the basic principles of this work and get caught up in Western concepts and lose our very identity as Muslims. Some have been so confused as to make Da'awa a means of earning their own livelihood which goes against the very spirit of Islam and against the single most critical differentiator; the common factor of every Nabi that Allah mentioned more than ten times in the Qur'an. Yunus [10:72], Hud [11:51], Hud [11:29] , Shu'ara [26:127], Shu'ara [26:109], Shu'ara [26:145], Shu'ara [26:164], Shu'ara [26:180], Saba' [34:47], An'aam [6:90].This booklet attempts to emphasize the importance of Da'awa and of following the Sunnah in doing it so that we are not deprived of the Baraka of this greatest of human endeavors - to save all mankind from the anger of Allah. We ask Allah for His Pleasure.

Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History

Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History
Author: Ahmad Dallal
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-05-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0300159145

"In this wide-ranging and masterly work, Ahmad Dallal examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural forces in Muslim societies. He traces the ways the realms of scientific knowledge and religious authority were delineated historically. For example, the emergence of new mathematical methods revealed that many mosques built in the early period of Islamic expansion were misaligned relative to the Ka'ba in Mecca; this misalignment was critical because Muslims must face Mecca during their five daily prayers. The realization of a discrepancy between tradition and science often led to demolition and rebuilding and, most important, to questioning whether scientific knowledge should take precedence over religious authority in a matter where their realms clearly overlapped"--Page 2 of cover.

Routledge Revivals: The Challenge of Islam (2005)

Routledge Revivals: The Challenge of Islam (2005)
Author: Douglas Pratt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1315315262

First published in 2005, this book addresses the challenges arising from Christian-Muslim encounter and attempts to enable outsiders to understand the religion of Islam. The author offers distinctive perspectives that compliment much other literature in the study of Islam and in particular Christian-Muslim relations and the relation of Islam and the west. The book is divided into three parts: Part I constitutes an introduction to Islam, Part II delves into aspects of the wider encounter with Islam and Part III explores issues in regard to the prospect of engaging in dialogue with Islam. The author argues that in the post-9/11 world the imperative to understand and engage with Islam is urgent and intends this work to assist the reader in doing so.

The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought

The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Muslim Socio-Political Thought
Author: Lutfi Sunar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2021-08-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000425088

This volume unfolds the ebbs and flows of Muslim thought in different regions of the world, as well as the struggles between the different intellectual discourses that have surfaced against this backdrop. With a focus on Turkey, Egypt, Iran and the Indian subcontinent – regions that, in spite of their particular histories and forms of thought, are uniquely placed as a mosaic that illustrates the intertwined nature of the development of Muslim socio-political thought – it sheds light on the swing between right and left in different regions, the debates surrounding nationalism, the influence of socialism and liberalism, the rise of Islamism and the conflict between state bureaucracy and social movements. Exploring themes of civil society and democracy, it also considers current trends in Muslim thought and possible future directions. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the fields of sociology, anthropology, political science, history and political economy, as well as those with interests in the study of religion, the development of Muslim thought, and the transformation of Muslim societies in recent decades.

Naming and Thinking God in Europe Today

Naming and Thinking God in Europe Today
Author: Norbert Hintersteiner
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2007
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 9042022051

Is there a new need and place for God-talk in Europe? The present volume both confirms this and opens up new questions for discussion. It shows how different traditions of naming and thinking God in Europe draw on various theoretical and philosophical foundations that are in competition with one another in many ways. Due to socio-cultural, historical and political divides between Eastern and Western Europe, these theological traditions often suffer from isolation and mutual misunderstanding. Can the inherent tensions and conflicts be understood more adequately? While exploring a variety of approaches in Europe on the topic, several authors also ask: How can God be named and thought in Europe, which finds itself in the midst of complex crosscultural and interreligious processes - particularly as immigration increases and peoples of non-Christian faith traditions name and think God in ways that differ from and sometimes conflict with Europe's dominant religion(s) and secular culture? What function and impact will traditional God-talk have in a globalizing Europe as religions such as Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism move into the foreground? This volume not only reveals the broad spectrum of its topic but also documents the vivid seeking undertaken by a new generation of European theologians and scholars of religion who openly engage the question of how to live and believe in Europe today, facing complex global challenges.

Modern Challenges to Islamic Law

Modern Challenges to Islamic Law
Author: Shaheen Sardar Ali
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107033381

This book offers unique insights into Islamic law, considering its theoretical perspectives alongside its practical application in daily Muslim life.

Teaching Islamic Studies in the Age of ISIS, Islamophobia, and the Internet

Teaching Islamic Studies in the Age of ISIS, Islamophobia, and the Internet
Author: Courtney M. Dorroll
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2019-01-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0253039835

How can teachers introduce Islam to students when daily media headlines can prejudice students' perception of the subject? Should Islam be taught differently in secular universities than in colleges with a clear faith-based mission? What are strategies for discussing Islam and violence without perpetuating stereotypes? The contributors of Teaching Islamic Studies in the Age of ISIS, Islamophobia, and the Internet address these challenges head-on and consider approaches to Islamic studies pedagogy, Islamophobia and violence, and suggestions for how to structure courses. These approaches acknowledge the particular challenges faced when teaching a topic that students might initially fear or distrust. Speaking from their own experience, they include examples of collaborative teaching models, reading and media suggestions, and ideas for group assignments that encourage deeper engagement and broader thinking. The contributors also share personal struggles when confronted with students (including Muslim students) and parents who suspected the courses might have ulterior motives. In an age of stereotypes and misrepresentations of Islam, this book offers a range of means by which teachers can encourage students to thoughtfully engage with the topic of Islam.

Islamic Studies Presented to Charles J. Adams

Islamic Studies Presented to Charles J. Adams
Author: Wael B. Hallaq
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2023-11-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004661522

This tribute to Charles J. Adams from colleagues and students includes essays on numerous aspects of Islamic civilization, beginning with early Islam down to the modern period. The Qur'ān receives the attention of five authors: Andrew Rippin focuses on references to the pre-Islamic Hanīfs, while Issa Boullata traces poetic citation in Qur'ānic exegesis. Sulami's commentary is discussed by Gerhard Böwering, and Hallaq draws attention to the unique place the Qur'ān occupied in Shātibī's legal theory. Finally, W.C. Smith looks at the Qur'ān from a comparativist perspective. Ulrich Haarmann and Donald P. Little deal, respectively, with the attitudes of medieval Egyptians towards the Pyramids, and the nature of Sūfī institutions under the Mamluks. Mehdi Mohaghegh, Hasan Murad and Paul Walker treat philosophical and theological issues, while Eric Ormsby analyzes the structure of experience in Ghazali. Sajida Alvi explores the religious writings of the eighteenth-century Indian scholar Panīpatī, and Üner Turgay examines Circassian immigration to the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. Orthodoxy and aberrancy in the Ithna 'Asharī tradition is the subject of Savory's article, and the notion of literature in Arab and Islamic culture is treated by Wickens. Finally, Bernard Weiss compares Islamic and Western conceptions of law.

Reform and Its Perils in Contemporary Islam

Reform and Its Perils in Contemporary Islam
Author: Nadia Oweidat
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2024
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0197744095

Reform and Its Perils in Contemporary Islam is an intellectual history and critical analysis of the work of prominent Muslim scholar Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (1943-2010), one of the 20th century's key Muslim reformers.