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Islam without extremes : a Muslim case for liberty / by Mustafa Akyol.

By: Language: English New York, NY : W.W. Norton, 2011Edition: First editionDescription: 352 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393070866 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP173.6.A4297 2011
Summary: From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam.

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