![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ijtihad - independent reasoning - is intrinsic to Islamic scholarship. Some readers will bristle to read this section, other may have their own interpretations. Before the prophetic visions, Muhammad was drawn to monotheistic thinkers, troubled about his wealth and privilege. They carry on, in the creative space between two wilfully ignorant civilisations.Īslan locates Islam in the historical landscape, unpicks myths and gives us a rounded Prophet, who was a man steeped in the influence of Christianity and Judaism. Ramadhan is labelled "dangerous", denied a visa to take up a post in the US Aslan is branded a "fundamentalist". So much easier to do business with tyrants, autocrats and lackeys. However, confused and solipsistic, the authorities in the US and UK cannot deal with audacious reformers whose intellect challenges their stereotypes and geopolitical games. In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islam-the origins and evolution of the faith-in all its beauty and complexity. No God But God fills that gap, addressing issues of belief- the difference between the Quran and the Bible, the meaning of the Hajj, the Muslim relationship. Aslan is acutely perceptive when he writes that 11 September was as much a manifestation of this clash as a blow to the superpower. ![]()
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