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Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America
Free Press
May 2012
On Sale: May 8, 2012
240 pages
ISBN: 1451656009
EAN: 9781451656008
Kindle: B005FLOGGI
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Non-Fiction Religion
Muslims in America who reject extremist or fundamentalist
expressions of Islam at home and abroad feel the urgent need
for a voice that can represent them in the escalating
irrationality of the current debate about Islam, America,
and the West. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf—the so-called Ground
Zero Imam—has become that voice. Drawing from his personal experiences, Imam Feisal now
speaks up on behalf of disenfranchised Muslims around the
United States who are spiritual, moderate, and patriotic.
Born to Egyptian parents in Kuwait, Imam Rauf was educated
in England and Malaysia, became a U.S. citizen in 1979, and
received a degree in physics from Columbia University. Here,
he explores the beliefs, aspirations, and ambitions, both
spiritual and political, of American Muslims in a post-9/11
world. For example, the Imam sees the 2011 Arab uprising and
the death of Osama bin Laden as turning points for Muslims,
strengthening moderate voices that are closer to the true
nature of Islam. He argues that orthodox Islam supports
equal rights for women and embraces religious tolerance and
dialogue, and insists on the relevance of Shariah law for
democracy in America and for the revolutions in the Middle East. Touching on all the major issues that have been subject to
misperceptions and misrepresentations—such as the role of
women, fundamentalism in America and abroad, the
intersection of Islam and democracy, even the “Ground Zero
Mosque”—Imam Feisal pre-sents a fresh perspective that
American Muslims can identify with and a book that
non-Muslims can use as a go-to guide, completely changing
the discourse about Islam and America today.
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