Modern islamic authority and social change evolving debates in the west
/ Masooda Bano
- 1st ed.
- Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press, c2019
- xv, 224 p. 23 cm.
Includes index
A comparative analysis of key Islamic authority platforms and their debatesAt the turn of the twenty-first century, scholarship and policy debate on Islam and Muslim societies has come to focus primarily on Islam's ability to make young Muslims gravitate towards anti-modernity movements. Many attribute Islamic militancy, as well as the general socio-economic and political stagnation experienced in some Muslim societies, to Islamic theological or legal dictates.
9781474433273
Islam and civil society Western countries; Islam and culture; Islamic Studies