No God But God
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Reza Aslan
*Ten years on from 9/11, much of the Muslim faith remains largely unknown and misunderstood in the West. *While there have been a number of successful books on the topic of Islamic history - from Karen Armstrong's Islam: A Brief History to Bernard Lewis's The Crises of Islam - there is surprisingly no book for a popular audience about Islam as a religion, let alone one by an author from an Islamic background. *No God But God fills that gap, addressing issues of belief: the difference between the Quran and the Bible, the meaning of the Hajj, the Muslim relationship with Jesus, the Muslim attitude towards Jews, equality between the sexes and more.* This revised and updated edition includes a wealth of new material and new chapters covering recent uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; the changing face of Islam in Europe and North Africa; and a number of topics of heated debate (the veil controversy; Islam & women; Iraq War as a Jihadi recruiting agent etc).
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Author
Reza Aslan
Pages
384
Publisher
Random House
Published Date
2008-12-02
ISBN
1407009281 9781407009285
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"Reza Aslan is one of my favorite writers on Middle Eastern culture and religion, and this informative and generally readable overview of the history of Islam is as good as it gets. Aslan wisely introduces each moment in Islam's development via storytelling, making it much easier to grasp, for example, the distinctions between Shia and Sunni, and the significance of Wahabism and the Muslim Brotherhood. Famous for debunking racist and uninformed conceptions of Islam in pop culture (notably referring to CNN anchors Alisyn Camerota and Don Lemon as "stupid" on the air), Aslan engages thoughtfully with the tensions between democracy, secularism and an Islamic state. He concludes that Muslim countries can and do adopt democracy, but that it must be a pluralist democracy with Islamic roots, not an imposed, European style secular nationalism. An excellent and thought provoking read."
Lesley Williams
"I love this book it provides an incredible insightful point of view from a passionate writer into the world of Islamic reformation. he explains the misinterpretations about Muslim communities and their beliefs. I learned and questioned a lot after reading this book."
Lovely Bones