Peace Movements in Islam: History, Religion, and Politics Cole Juan
Peace Movements in Islam: History, Religion, and Politics Cole Juan Muslim thinkers on the nature of peace have contributed to many modern movements, including Sufism in West Africa, the Gandhist…
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Peace Movements in Islam: History, Religion, and Politics Cole Juan
Muslim thinkers on the nature of peace have contributed to many modern movements, including Sufism in West Africa, the Gandhist coalition in colonial India, anti-Apartheid activism in South Africa, and the 2011 youth revolts of the Arab Spring. Some observers, moreover, have attributed small violent movements to some sort of Islamic essence, painting the whole religion with the brush of extremism.The chapters in this book counter this narrative by exploring the rich discursive tradition in Islam, the religion of a fifth of mankind, including peace-building in the Qur'an and Islamic Yet the dramatic events of September 11, the attacks on Paris in 2015, the ISIS mini-state in Mesopotamia, and movements such as the Taliban and Boko Haram have led to an imbalance in the field, wherein scholars and journalists have focused relentlessly on the intersection of Islam and violence.
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