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About the Author

Irshad Manji is author of the New York Times bestseller The Trouble with Islam Today and creator of the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary Faith Without Fear. She is Director of the Moral Courage Project at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. For more information: mostrar mais www.irshadmanji.com. mostrar menos

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Nome padrão
Manji, Irshad
Data de nascimento
1968
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Canada
Local de nascimento
Uganda
Locais de residência
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ocupação
speechwriter
broadcaster
Pequena biografia
Irshad Manji is a journalist, television personality, and writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto. [from loc.gov The Trouble with Islam (2004), retrieved 3/24/2012]

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This book has some new information and collates a lot of information from previous authors on the perils of radical Islam. She takes the position that, shorn of previous military glory and overall accomplishments they have retreated to their desert roots. She calls it "foundamentalism," a play on "fundamentalism." The reason I give it three rather than four stars is she places too much hope and emphasis on "ijtihad," which she defines as a previous era of Islamic openness.

Still the book is well work reading.… (mais)
 
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JBGUSA | outras 18 resenhas | Jan 2, 2023 |
A thought-provoking read that has made me keen to learn more. I found the six chapters of this book excellent. As an atheist who knows little about Islam, I found much to learn from the book, and much that I wanted to learn. I suspect it may be an unintended consequence of this book that I feel I can understand, better than I could before, some actions taken in the name of Islam. I can also see where the author is coming from on her call for reform; the concept of, and the author's questioning of, 'foundamentalism' is very relevant, and needs to be considered by, at the very least, every Western Muslim.
Where the books loses points, for me, is that the author fails to acknowledge that some of the problems she highlights in relation to Islam, could equally apply to Catholicism or other religions; nor does she recognise that the roots of any religion lie in the desire to control, and will always reflect the traditions and mores of the area and time in which it originated.
… (mais)
 
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TheEllieMo | outras 18 resenhas | Jan 18, 2020 |
Interesting book on communicating with persons of opposing views."Could you help me understand what I'm missing about your point of perspective."
 
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bolero | Jun 4, 2019 |
Islamic and a Lesbian, how much trouble do you want? But Manji tries to honestly confront the difficulties her religion must cope with in the present global culture. well worth reading.
½
 
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DinadansFriend | outras 18 resenhas | Apr 24, 2014 |

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Obras
7
Membros
923
Popularidade
#27,803
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
20
ISBNs
40
Idiomas
10

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