A passionate defense of Islam against the influence of fundamentalism defines moderate Islam as a religion that opposes extremism and is based on moral tradition, in a volume that discusses the importance of reconnecting with past beliefs in order to safeguard the faith from radical practices. 20,000 first printing.

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Serves to lift prejudices of the Muslims with an essay separating the meaning of true Islamic faith from the terrorists' interpretation of the Koran, and follows with eleven responses that argue the inability for the existence of Islamic tolerance. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Khaled Abou El Fadl's book represents the first systematic examination of the idea and treatment of political resistance and rebellion in Islamic law. Pre-modern jurists produced an extensive and sophisticated discourse on the legality of rebellion and the treatment due to rebels under Islamic law...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a substantially expanded edition of the author's seminal work The Authoritative and Authoritarian in Islamic Discourses: A Contemporary Case Study. Beginning with the case study of a Muslim basketball player who refused to stand up while the American national anthem was playing, the author documents the disintegration of the Islamic juristic tradition, and the prevalence of authoritarianism in contemporary Muslim discourses...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Based on actual cases, these original essays present an honest and critical evaluation of the problems and challenges that confront Muslims in the Contemporary world. Using the Muslim experience in the United States as a lens, the author examines what he identifies as a pervasive alienation suffered by Muslims over their place in history, source of identity, and moral foundations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)