The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought

By Sachiko Murata

Publisher: State University of New York Press
Number Of Pages: 397
Publication Date: 1992-03
File Size : 1.03 MB
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n "The Tao of Islam" Sachiko Murata uses the lens of gender ideas in Islam to explore in a comparative religious framework the idea of a spirtual cosmology based on feminine and masculine principles. Although she is aware of the contemporary issues of women's legal status in Islam, she feels that such issues are not as fundamental as understanding the true role of gender within the cosmos.

Those seeking arguments about whether the legal provisions of the Sharia (Islamic law) are or are not culpably sexist and what should be done about them if they are will not find much meat for their arguments in this book. Murata writes relatively clearly, and the writers she cites are often fascinating and insightful. They are, however, frequently prolix and I must say I found the book somewhat repetitive at times. (For this reason I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5.)


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The Caliphate Question: The British Government and Islamic Governance

By Sean Oliver-Dee

Publisher: Lexington Books
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2009-08-28
File Size : 681 KB
File Type : PDF




Fear and suspicion of Muslims, a government meddling in Middle Eastern
politics, and a backdrop of violence: sound familiar? It could be talking
about now, but it’s certainly describing British foreign policy in the run-up
to, during, and after World War I in connection to the issue of the Ottoman
Caliphate. It is for this reason that the period is so useful to look at for some
lessons on what to do, or not to do, as the West re-engages with issues of
Islamic Governance.

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Mawdudi and the Making of Islamic Revivalism

By Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 232
Publication Date: 1996-01-04
File Size : 13.051 MB
File Type : rar'd pdf (with bookmarks)


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Nasr examines the life and thought of Mawlana Mawdudi, one of the first and most important Islamic ideological thinkers. Mawdudi was the first to develop a modern political Islamic ideology, and a plan for social action to realize his vision. The prolific writings and indefatigable efforts of Mawdudi's party, the Jamaat-i-Islami, first in India and later in Pakistan, have disseminated his ideas far and wide. His views have informed revivalism from Morocco to Malaysia.

Nasr discerns the events that led Mawdudi to a revivalist perspective, and probes the structure of his thought, in order to gain fresh insights into the origins of Islamic revivalism. He argues that Islamic revivalism is not simply a cultural rejection of the West, rather it is closely tied to questions of communal politics and its impact on identity formation, discourse of power in plural societies, and nationalism. Mawdudi's discourse, though aimed at the West, was motivated by Muslim-Hindu competition for power in British India. His aim, according to Nasr, was to put forth a view of Islam whose invigorated, pristine, and uncompromising outlook would galvanize Muslims into an ideologically uniform and hence politically indivisible community. In time, this view developed a life of its own and evolved into an all-encompassing perspective on society and politics, and has been a notable force in South Asia and Muslim life and thought across the Muslim world.

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