What's Right With Islam by Feisal Abdul Rauf

What's Right With Islam

A New Vision for Muslims and the West

Feisal Abdul Rauf

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 26, 2005

An American imam offers answers for today's toughest questions about Islam, and a vision for a reconciliation between Islam and the West.

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An American imam explores Islam and the West with an eye toward understanding, not assigning blame.
Themes
Muslim-Western relations, Interfaith understanding, Democracy in Muslim societies
Genres
Islam - General, Religion & Politics, Comparative Religion

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An American imam offers answers for today's toughest questions about Islam, and a vision for a reconciliation between Islam and the West. One of the pressing questions of our time is what went wrong in the relationship between Muslims and the West. Continuing global violence in the name of Islam reflects the deepest fears by certain Muslim factions of Western political, cultural, and economic encroachment.

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The solution to the current antagonism requires finding common ground upon which to build mutual respect and understanding. Who better to offer such an analysis than an American imam, someone with a foot in each world and the tools to examine the common roots of both Western and Muslim cultures; someone to explain to the non-Islamic West not just what went wrong with Islam, but what's right with Islam. Focused on finding solutions, not on determining fault, this is ultimately a hopeful, inspiring book. What's Right with Islam systematically lays out the reasons for the current dissonance between these cultures and offers a foundation and plan for improved relations. Wide-ranging in scope, What's Right with Islam elaborates in satisfying detail a vision for a Muslim world that can eventually embrace its own distinctive forms of democracy and capitalism, aspiring to a new Cordoba - a time when Jews, Christians, Muslims, and all other faith traditions will live together in peace and prosperity.

Common Ground

An American imam explores Islam and the West with an eye toward understanding, not assigning blame.

Come here for

  • Thoughtful answers to difficult questions about Islam
  • A search for shared roots across cultures

Expect

  • A solutions-focused argument for mutual respect
  • A hopeful vision of peaceful coexistence

Where it sits

Islam - General72%
Religion & Politics52%
Comparative Religion29%

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Publisher categories

  • Political Philosophy
  • Religion & Philosophy
  • International Relations
  • American Government
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  • Middle Eastern Politics
  • Geopolitics
  • Eastern Religions
  • Islam - General
Authors
Feisal Abdul Rauf
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
April 26, 2005
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Muslim-Western relations · Interfaith understanding · Democracy in Muslim societies
Reading lane
Political Philosophy