Jonathan Benthall

Islamic charities and Islamic humanism in troubled times (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the fruit of twenty years' reflection on Islamic charities, both practically and as a key to understand the crisis in contemporary Islam. On the one hand Islam is undervalued as a moral and political force whose admirable qualities are epitomised in its strong tradition of charitable giving. On the other hand, it suffers from a crisis of authority that cannot be blamed entirely on the history of colonialism and stigmatisation to which Muslims have undoubtedly been subjected - most recently, as a result of the "War on Terror". The book consists of seventeen previously published chapters, with a general introduction and new prefatory material for each chapter. Part one reviews the current situation of Islamic charities from many different viewpoints. Part two expands the coverage to explore the potential for a twenty-first century global "Islamic humanism" devised by Muslims. This means addressing contentious topics such as religious toleration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784997892
• Artikelnr.: 57473519

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Benthall is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at University College London

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Islamic charities 1. Islamic charities, Faith-Based
Organizations and the international aid system 2. Islamic aid in a North
Malian enclave 3. Have Islamic aid agencies a privileged relationship in
majority Muslim areas? The case of post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh 4.
The Palestinian zakat committees 1993-2007 and their contested
interpretations 5. The Islamic Charities Project (formerly Montreux
Initiative) 6. An unholy tangle: Boim versus the Holy Land Foundation 7.
The Tariq Ramadan visa case 8. Islamic philanthropy in Indonesia 9.
Puripetal force in the charitable field Part II: Islamic humanism 10.
Confessional cousins and the rest: the structure of Islamic toleration 11.
Religious persecution and conflict in the twenty-first century 12. What
makes Islam unique? 13. Tariq Ramadan 14. Mona Siddiqui 15. Akbar Ahmed 16.
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi 17. Religion and violence Index