Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity by Ramadan, Tariq -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Contents An Entire Life Foreword Introduction

I. History of a Concept II. The Lessons of History

Part One

At the Shores of Transcendence

I. The Qur’ān and the Sunna II. Ijtihād: Between the Absoluteness of Sources and the Relativity of History III. God, Creation and Men

1. The Creator and gerency 2. The original permission 3. The rights of God and the responsibility of men

Part Two

The Horizons of Islam

I. Social Principles

1. The Individual 2. The Family 3. Social Organisation: The Principle of Justice 4. What is the Sharī‘a? 5. The Situation of Women

a. The individual dimension: the example of the veil b. The social dimension

6. The Call to Jihād

a. Peace of heart b. The reality of conflict c. Towards a social jihād

II. Political Orientations

1. The Religious and the Political

a. The domain of the political: the Islamic framework b. The notion of shūrā

2. Shūrā or Democracy?

a. The principle of managing pluralism b. Human rights c. “Non-Muslims” in Islamic society

The Foundations History Contemporary Problems 3. The Pitfalls

a. The compartmentalisation of competences b. The absence of a political culture c. The absence of a political will d. Corruption

III. Economic Directives

1. The Moral Reference

a. Zakāt b. Individual spending c. Community life

2. General Economic Principles in Islam

a. Tawhīd and gerency b. Private property c. The prohibition of ribā

3. A Profound Reform

A. At the Local and National Level

i. To be engaged with the population ii. Education: an investment iii. The priority of agriculture iv. In the cities v. The question of Islamic banks vi. Facing the powers

B. At a Transnational Level

i. National experiences ii. A united front of interests: South-South-North iii. Not to be mistaken about the enemy

Part Three Values and Finalitie

The Cultural Dimension

I. Prometheus and Abraham

1. The West: Fire, Rebellion and Tension 2. Islam: Signs, Revelations and Submission 3. Doubt and Reminder

II. The Way of the Source

1. God 2. Spirituality 3. Morality 4. Meaning and Finality

a. Communal solidarity b. Drugs and delinquency c. The man-woman relationship d. Science, technique and ecology

III. Towards a War of Civilisations?

1. Attraction-Repulsion

a. Seduction b. Identity-based reaction c. What interlocutors?

2. Speeches and Facts

a. Human rights, democracy and freedom b. Western contradictions

i. The Gulf War ii. Bosnia iii. Algeria iv. The Palestinian territories

c. Muslim confinement Idealisation and simplification The silence of minds

3. Fears and Hopes a. Fears b. Hopes

Conclusion: A Triple Liberation Appendices

Appendix I: The heart present in life in order to live at the heart of the Presence Appendix II: The great current problems of Islam and Muslims Appendix III: The Western view on Islam is forged by a long history Appendix IV: The question of woman in the mirror of Revelation

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