Islam without extremes : a Muslim case for liberty
From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam
352 pages : maps ; 22 cm
9780393070866, 0393070867
668194825
The beginnings. A light unto tribes
The enlightenment of the Orient
The medieval war of ideas (I)
The medieval war of ideas (II)
The desert beneath the iceberg
The modern era. The Ottoman revival
Romans, Herodians, and Zealots
The Turkish march to Islamic liberalism
Signposts on the liberal road. Freedom from the state
Freedom to sin
Freedom from Islam