Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity. Tariq Ramadan

      

      Islam,

      the West and

      the Challenges

      of Modernity

      Tariq Ramadan

      Translated by Saïd Amghar

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      Contents

       An Entire Life

       Foreword

       Introduction

      I. History of a Concept

      II. The Lessons of History

       Part OneAt the Shores of Transcendence Between God and Man

       At the Shores of Transcendence

       I. The Qur’ān and the Sunna

       II. Ijtihād: Between the Absoluteness of Sources and the Relativity of History

       III. God, Creation and Men

       1. The Creator and gerency

       2. The original permission

       3. The rights of God and the responsibility of men

       Part TwoThe Horizons of Islam Between Man and the Community

       The Horizons of Islam

       I. Social Principles

       1. The Individual

       2. The Family

       3. Social Organisation: The Principle of Justice

       4. What is the Sharī‘a?

       5. The Situation of Women

       a. The individual dimension: the example of the veil

       b. The social dimension

       6. The Call to Jihād

       a. Peace of heart

       b. The reality of conflict

       c. Towards a social jihād

       II. Political Orientations

       1. The Religious and the Political

       a. The domain of the political: the Islamic framework

       b. The notion of shūrā

       2. Shūrā or Democracy?

       a. The principle of managing pluralism

       b. Human rights

       c. “Non-Muslims” in Islamic society

       The Foundations History Contemporary Problems

       3. The Pitfalls

       a. The compartmentalisation of competences

       b. The absence of a political culture

       c. The absence of a political will

       d. Corruption

       III. Economic Directivess

       1. The Moral Reference

       a. Zakāt

       b. Individual spending

       c. Community life

       2. General Economic Principles in Islam

       a. Tawhīd and gerency

       b. Private property

       c. The prohibition of ribā

       3. A Profound Reform

       A. At the Local and National Level