TY - BOOK AU - Bano, Masooda TI - Modern islamic authority and social change : evolving debates in the west SN - 9781474433273 U1 - 297.09 PY - 2019/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Islam and civil society Western countries; Islam and culture; Islamic Studies N1 - index N2 - 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. ER -