Progressive Muslims Amir Hussain is a Sunni. With further contributions on subjects as diverse and controversial as the alienation of Muslim youth Islamic law, marriage, and feminism and the role of democracy in Islam, this volume will prove thought-provoking for all those interested in the challenges of justice and pluralism facing the Muslim world as it confronts the twenty-first century. Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism, edited by Omid Safi. Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Colgate University and editor of. Avoiding fundamentalist and apologetic approaches, the book concentrates on the key areas of debate in progressive Islamic thought: 'Contemporary Islam,' 'Gender Justice,' and 'Pluralism.' Progressive Muslims by Omi Safi Review Spirituality & Practice Articles from fifteen Muslim scholars and activists on the nature of a progressive Islam. Confronting issues such as racism, justice, sexuality and gender, this book reveals the real challenges faced by Muslims of both sexes in contemporary Western society.Ī probing, frank, and intellectually refreshing testament to the capacity of Islam for renewal, change, and growth, these articles from fifteen Muslim scholars and activists address the challenging and complex issues that confront Muslims today. However, when we conducted an analysis of eight classification proposed by Abdullah Saeed on trends in contemporary Islam, seemingly progressive Muslims more fit in the category of groups ijtihadi Progressive, which modern thinkers on religion which seeks to reinterpret religious teachings in order to answer kebutuham modern society and Saeed himself quoting Omid Safi when defining trends of this last one.Developed in response to the events of September 11, 2001, these 14 articles from prominent Muslim thinkers offer a provocative reassessment of Islam's relationship with the modern world. The research reveals about the thought of Omid Safi about Progressive Muslims from naming, agenda, attendance reasons, to focus them on the realm of Islamic.

Progressive Muslims in an attempt to compare with trends in contemporary Islam is indeed a lot of help affirm the distinction in each trend. The method adopted by Omid Safi in constructing the concept of Progressive Muslims are methods Multiple Critique. There are three major agenda (mission) of Progressive Muslims, the first social justice both gender equality The third received a plurality. Progressive Muslim intended as an umbrella concept for people who want an open and safe space for running a rigorous and honest engagement with tradition, and hopefully will lead to further action.

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