Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, Revised and Expanded: Essays by Western Muslim Scholars

by Joseph E.B. Lumbard (Editor)

This fully revised edition of the critically acclaimed book contains a series of essays that explain the misconceptions that lie at the heart of Western attitudes towards Islam. Including a new essay on the role of women in Islam, an updated chapter containing insights into the concept of Jihad, and three fully revised chapters that bring the discussion up-to-date with the current global situation, this book is a must read for anyone interested in Islam and its relation to the West.

Genres: Islam, Religion, Terrorism, Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2003

Reviews

[Nazmi Yaakub · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku ini ditulis oleh sarjana Muslim dari Barat tetapi karya mereka ini sangat penting untuk diberikan perhatian oleh kita, sebagai Muslim dari Timur. Modenisme dan kesinambungannya, pascamodenisme masih membentuk dan mempengaruhi kerangka berfikir dan pandangan alam kita termasuk mereka yang berada dalam gerakan dan jamaah Islam sama ada kecil atau besar pengaruhnya.

Meskipun esei di dalamnya dihasilkan oleh sarjana dari Barat, mereka tidak terlepas daripada tradisi keilmuan Islam yang dibina berantaian, tak terputuskan. Justeru, penekanan kepada tradisi ilmu yang asalnya sangat erat antara fiqh/jurisprudence, aqidah/kalam/teologi dan akhlak/tasawuf/ihsan tradition sangat ketara pada tulisan mereka - tidak hairanlah beberapa pandangan dalam buku ini sangat menekankan bahaya cara dan gaya berfikir sebahagian umat Islam yang sangat berorientasi jurisprudence tetapi mengabaikan (bahkan menentang seperti gerakan Wahabi) ilmu tasawuf.

Buku ini wajar dijadikan bahan bacaan wajib khususnya mereka yang kini berada di tengah-tengah gerakan dan jamaah Islam demi mengelakkan terpengaruh dan seterusnya membentuk cara dan gaya bergerak yang salah.

[Brett C · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book gives various Islamic scholarly essays on various Islamic topics. Very interesting and this information is still relevant in the Muslim world today.

[Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Islamic Fundamentalism is the poison that makes terrorism possible. It is the state of Radicalism.
There is a clear and present danger in the religious mindset of suicide by means of achievement and the way suicide is glorified by the building of sympathetic statues of the "martyrs". This is most prevalent in Hezbollah. Drug-induced states of men and women who are at the ready to explode themselves in a market where local produce and handmade items are sold.

[Tamim Chowdhury · Rating 4 out of 5]

A series of essays that delve into a litany of issues effecting the Muslim world. Published in 2005, it is very relevant to today's struggles in Islam. Multiple viewpoints and very interesting read.