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- ISBN 9781474437080
- Weight: 294g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Aug 2020
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Published as Dalīl al-Muslim al-ḥazīn ilā muqtada-l-sulūk fī’l-qarn al-ʿishrīn in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. Both the resurgence of Islamist politics and the political, social and intellectual upheaval which accompanied the Arab Spring challenge us to re-examine the interaction between the pre-modern Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
This book does exactly that, raising questions regarding issues about which other Muslim intellectuals and thinkers have been silent. These include – among others – current religious practice vs the Islamic ideal; the many additions to the original revelation; the veracity of the Prophet’s biography and his sayings; the development of Sufism; and historical and ideological influences on Islamic thought.
Hussein Ahmad Amin was born in Cairo in 1932 and died in 2014. While Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Institute in Cairo he produced several major works on Islam, all of which were critical of Islamist movements. Yasmin Amin is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter working on humour in Islam. Previously she studied at the University of Cairo. Nesrin Amin has been a professional translator and proof reader in Arabic, English and German for over twenty years. She was previously Lecturer in Arabic at the University of Exeter (2008-13) and currently works as Assessment Manager in Arabic at Cambridge International Examinations at the University of Cambridge.
