02165nam 2200505 a 450 991066655990332120210330195443.01-283-23230-897866132323040-19-983675-2(CKB)2670000000105869(EBL)737519(OCoLC)742333475(SSID)ssj0000540640(PQKBManifestationID)11334216(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540640(PQKBWorkID)10586210(PQKB)11070673(MiAaPQ)EBC737519(EXLCZ)99267000000010586920110225d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading the Qur'an[electronic resource] the contemporary relevance of the sacred text of Islam /Ziauddin SardarOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (430 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-065784-7 0-19-983674-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. By way of tradition -- pt. 3. Themes and concepts -- pt. 4. Contemporary topics.""I grew up reading the Qur'an on my mother's lap,"" writes Ziauddin Sardar. ""It's an experience I share with most Muslim children. And so it is that our connection to the Qur'an is infused with associations of the warmest and most enduring of human bonds."" In Reading the Qur'an, Sardar--one of Europe's leading public intellectuals--laments that for far too many Muslims, the Qur'an he had learned in his mother's lap has become a stick used for ensuring conformity and suppressing dissenting views. Indeed, some find in the Qur'an justification for misogyny, validation for hatred of others, anElectronic books.297.1/226Sardar Ziauddin560337MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910666559903321Reading the Qur'an2904383UNINA