Can I read Western Muslims and the future of Islam on EtoBox?

Western Muslims and the future of Islam by Ramadan, Tariq is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

What is Western Muslims and the future of Islam about?

In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: where are the Muslim reformers? With this ambitious volume, Tariq Ramadan firmly establishes himself as one of Europe's leading thinkers and one of Islam's most innovative and important voices. As the number of Muslims living in the West grows, the question of what it means to be a Western Muslim becomes increasingly important to the futures of both Islam and the West. While the media are focused on radical Islam, Ramadan claims, a silent revolution is sweeping Islamic communities in the West, as Muslims actively seek ways to live in harmony with their faith within a Western context. French, English, German, and American Muslims--women as well as men--are reshaping their religion into one that is faithful to the principles of Islam, dressed in European and American cultures, and definitively rooted in Western societies. Ramadan's goal is to create an independent Western Islam, anchored not in the traditions of Islamic countries but in the cultural reality of the West. He begins by offering a fresh reading of Islamic sources, interpreting them for a Western context and demo

Who reads Western Muslims and the future of Islam?

Author

Ramadan, Tariq

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195183566

Category

religious

Subjects

Islam, Fiction, Linguistics

Rating

4.12 / 5 (385 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13