The Future of Islam: A New Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415760011 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was also a celebrated poet, and is work is still highly-regarded today. He championed the cause of Irish independence, enduring a spell in jail for his beliefs. Mary FitzGerald is a journalist, and the first winner of the Douglas Gageby Scholarship. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt was the British Ambassador to the Middle East for ten years towards the close of the nineteenth century. She has written extensively on Islam for the Irish Times, in her weekly series entitles 'Under the Crescent.'
This new edition includes an Introduction and numerous footnotes, updating statistics, explaining the background to historical events and religious and political figures, and filling in gaps.. When it first appeared in 1882, this book was a pioneering work in every respect. It was the first coherent study of 'modern' Islam, explaining in a simple and functional manner its tenets and roots, the diversity of its cultural and political experience, and its dynamism and potential for good in the modern world. Blunt's attitude, shaped by several factors and sharpened by personal knowledge of important parts of the Muslim world and close association with many leading reformers in it, was unprecedented and startling at the time. This was at a time when the Muslim world was perceived by most people in the west as inert and spent, caught in an irredeemable malaise of its own making
About the Author Wilfrid Scawen Blunt was the British Ambassador to the Middle East for ten years towards the close of the nineteenth century. She has written extensively on Islam for the Irish Times, in her weekly series entitles 'Under the Crescent.' . He was also a celebrated poet, and is work is still highly-regarded today. Mary FitzGerald is a journalist, and the first winner of the Douglas Gageby Scholarship. He championed the cause of Irish independence, enduring a spell in jail for his beliefs
A HELP IN UNDERSTANDING ISLAM Gives a past history of Islam. A difficult religion that has evidently been warped over the years.. Interesting but Dated OnChina@Tumblr The author speaks of the future of Islam, but his is a voice of the distant past, so it is difficult to draw comparisons to contemporary Islam. Nevertheless, interesting for his points of view during that time of history, and how the Turks were generally regarded. Difficult at times to follow the cast of characters and places as the names the author uses are different from contemporary writers.. Date but with a perspective Joseph This book is rather dated, but brings an intersting perspective for future developments in the history of Islam. Of interest to the historian.