Akyol Mustafa - Reopening Muslim Minds A Return To Reason Freedom And Tolerance - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A fascinating journey into Islam's diverse history of ideas making an argument for an " Islamic Enlightenment" today 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 such as Ibn Rushd (aka Averroes) 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.
Title: Reopening Muslim Minds A Return To Reason Freedom And Tolerance
Author(s): Akyol Mustafa
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250832511
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 4/5/2022
Category: Islam