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Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance

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Full Title:

Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance

Contributors:

By (Author) Mustafa Akyol

ISBN:

9781800751712

Publisher:

Swift Press

Imprint:

Forum

Publication Date:

20th September 2022

UK Publication Date:

16th June 2022

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

297.09

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

336

Dimensions:

Width 153mm, Height 234mm

Description

In Reopening Muslim Minds, Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for the New York Times, both diagnoses 'the crisis of Islam' in the modern world, and offers a way forward. Diving deeply into Islamic theology, and also sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism that made them a great civilization in their earlier centuries. He especially demonstrates how values often associated with Western Enlightenment - freedom, reason, tolerance, and an appreciation of science - had Islamic counterparts, which sadly were cast aside in favor of more dogmatic views, often for political ends.

Elucidating complex ideas with engaging prose and storytelling, Reopening Muslim Minds borrows lost visions from medieval Muslim thinkers to offer a new Muslim worldview on a range of sensitive issues: human rights, equality for women, freedom of religion, or freedom from religion. While frankly acknowledging the problems in the world of Islam today, Akyol offers a clear and hopeful vision for its future.

Reviews

'A fresh cultural analysis of Islam ... a work of theological interpretation that affirms human dignity and respect of one another' - Los Angeles Review of Books

'Much more than an impassioned defense of tolerance and reason, Mustafa Akyol takes his readers on a truly enjoyable and enlightening journey through Islamic theology and law. With brilliant wit and eloquence, Akyol has written a book of undeniable presence and power' - Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law, and author of Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari ah in the Modern Age

'Mustafa Akyol has written a page-turning intellectual adventure-story that will rivet the attention of his fellow Muslims, and raise the hopes of us non-Muslims all around the world' - Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography and God in the Qur'an

Author Bio

Mustafa Akyol is a regular contributing opinion writerfor the New York Times since 2013, coveringmatters of Islam in the modern world, and was picked in2021 as one of Prospect's top ten thinkers. His book Islamwithout Extremes was longlisted for the 2012 LionelGelber Prize literary prize, while being banned in Malaysiafor challenging the religious police.

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