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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792216803321

Autore

Ramadan Tariq

Titolo

Western Muslims and the future of Islam [[electronic resource] /] / Tariq Ramadan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

9786610845613

1-280-84561-9

0-19-518356-8

1-4294-1042-6

0-19-803820-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

297.091821

305.69701722

Soggetti

Islam - Europe

Muslims - Europe

Islamic renewal - Europe

Islamic modernism - Europe

Muslims - Cultural assimilation - Europe

Islam - 21st century

Europe Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 andimportant 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