Contemporary Debates in Islam An Anthology of Modernist and Fundamen
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Edited by
MANSOOR MOADDEL and
KAMRAN TALATTOF
Palgrave Macmillan
CONTEMPORARY DEBATES IN ISLAM
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ISBN 978-1-349-61957-3 ISBN 978-1-349-61955-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-61955-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Contemporary debates in Islam : an anthology of modernist and fundamentalist thought I edited by Mansoor Moaddel and Kamran Talattof. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Islam-20th century. 2. Islam-Essence, genius, nature. 3. Islamic fundamentalism. I. Moaddel, Mansoor. II. Talattof, Kamran. BP163.C64 1999 297.2'7-dc21
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CONTENTS
Preface Credits and Acknowledgments Note on Translations, Transliteration, and Editing Introduction
Part I
Part II
Contemporary Debates in Islam An Overview ofIslamic Modernism: The Contributors in Context An Overview ofIslamic Fundamentalism: The Contributors in Context
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ix xi
1
7 16
I. JURISPRUDENCE, RATIONAL SCIENCES, AND DIFFERENTIATION OF KNOWLEDGE
1.
Religion versus Science
23
2.
Islamic Revealed Law versus Islamic Common Law
29
Sayyid Jamal al-Din at-Afghani
Moulavi Chiragh Ali
3. The Rationalistic and Philosophical Spirit of Islam
35
4. The Sociological Laws of the Quran
41
5. The Necessity of Religious Reform
45
6. Methodology of Historical Writing
53
AmirAli
Muhammad Abduh Muhammad Abduh
'A/lama Shibli Nu 'mani IT.
ISLAM AND POLIDCS
7. War and Peace: Popular Jihad
71
8. The Problem of Caliphate
95
Moulavi Chiragh Ali
Ali Abd al-Raziq
9. 10.
Authority and the Problem of Succession
101
Intellectual Pluralism and Freedom of Opinion
109
AmirAli
Sayyid Ahmad Khan ill.
ISLAM AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION
11.
Social Liberalism and Laissez-F aire Capitalism
123
12.
Islam and Civilization
135
Anonymous Mu'tazilite Muslim Muhammad Farid Wajdi
N. ISLAMIC MODERNISM AND THE ISSUE OF WOMEN 13.
Polygamy
145
14.
The Rights of Women
159
15.
The Liberation ofWomen
163
Moulavi Chiragh Ali Sayyid Ahmad Khan QasimAmin
V.
STYLE OF LIVING
16.
The Way of Life
183
17.
The Way To Eat a Meal
187
Civil Rights
189
Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Sayyid Ahmad Khan
18.
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I. JURISPRUDENCE, BASES OF LAW, AND RATIONAL SCIENCES 19.
Islam as the Foundation of Knowledge
SayyidQutb 20.
Fallacy of Rationalism
Sayyid Abut A 'Ia Maududi II.
197 207
ISLAM AND POLIDCS
21.
War, Peace, and Islamic Jihad
223
22.
The Pillars of an Islamic State
247
