This book is a unique collection of alternative Muslim voices, predominantly from Europe, who come from a variety of backgrounds - academia, theology, acting, activism - and who make a transformational contribution to the debate of the future of Islam and Muslims in the West.

Autorentext

ZEYNO BARAN ****is Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute's Center for Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World and Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy. ****

Inhalt
Introduction; Z.Baran PART I: ISLAM VERSUS ISLAMISM Navigating Islam in America; H.Mirahmadi European Islamists and the Struggle for Domination and Representation of Islam in the West; Y.Qandil The History of Islam in Italy; A.Vincenzo Democracy and Islam in the Maghreb: and what it means for Europe; F.Laroui PART II: PERSONAL STORIES AND LESSONS LEARNED Rebel with a Cause: A Personal Journey from Sufism to Islamism and Beyond; C.Omar Faces of Janus: The Arab-Muslim Community in France and the Battle for its Future; S.Labidi The Lamp and the Candle; M.Hilali PART III: LOOKING FORWARD: CONCEPTS/SUGGESTIONS Reading the Quran in Paris: The Case for a Secular Democracy; G.Bencheikh