{"product_id":"the-challenge-of-modernizing-islam-reformers-speak-out-and-the-obstacles-they-face-hardcover","title":"The Challenge of Modernizing Islam: Reformers Speak Out and the Obstacles They Face - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Douglass-Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Pipes\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eRobert Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe entire foreign policy and much of the domestic policy of the United States and other Western governments are based on the proposition that the vast majority of Muslims are moderate and peaceful, including those who are emigrating in large numbers to Europe and North America. But as Islamist groups and many mosques radicalize peaceful Muslims and appeal to the teachings of the Koran, Hadith, and Sunnah, it is imperative for moderates and reformists to articulate a vision of Islam and an exegesis of Islamic texts that can withstand the challenge of Islamists and the \u003cem\u003eulema\u003c\/em\u003e who have declared the sanctity and immutability of the text. Instead, they must re-establish a firm foundation of Islam that is modernized, genuinely peaceful, tolerant, pluralistic, and compatible with secular governance, the freedom of speech, human rights, and equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Challenge of Modernizing Islam\u003c\/em\u003e is the first major effort to provide that foundation. Veteran journalist Christine Douglass-Williams interviews foremost moderate and reformist Muslims in the Western world. She asks them tough questions about how they deal with problematic Koran passages, how they intend to get their message across to the Muslim world, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir answers are revelatory, even in the ways in which they disagree with one another. Douglass-Williams has captured the Islamic Reformist movement in its full intellectual ferment, laying bare the tensions and triumphs of the Reformers. In the book's second half, she adds a crucial series of searingly honest and illuminating reflections on the challenges the reformers face, the chances they have of succeeding, and the implications of their struggle for the future of the Western world and of all free people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIlluminating, engaging, and thought-provoking, \u003cem\u003eThe Challenge of Modernizing Islam\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential text for understanding the future of the United States and the West, and the implications of Muslim moderates' struggle for the free world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy library contains a wall of books about modern Islam. But hardly a one of them covers the topic of this important study by Christine Douglass-Williams....She also helps establish this movement as a serious intellectual endeavor, putting contemporary modernizers on the map as never before, thereby boosting their cause. Given the global threat of Islamism, that is a constructive, indeed a great achievement. \u003cbr\u003e --From the Foreword by Daniel Pipes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Challenge of Modernizing Islam\u003c\/em\u003e is extraordinary, refreshing, and much needed. The interviews that Christine Douglass-Williams conducts with some of the leading moderate Muslim spokesmen in the United States and Canada are unique in their probing honesty. Douglass-Williams also provides illuminating ways for readers to avoid hazards that have misled numerous analysts of Islam and its prospects for reform. \u003cem\u003eThe Challenge of Modernizing Islam\u003c\/em\u003e uniquely equips readers to make an informed and intelligent evaluation of how peaceful the future of non-Muslim countries is likely to be. \u003cbr\u003e --From the Foreword by Robert Spencer\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristine Douglass-Williams is a nine-time international award-winning journalist and television producer (including Telly, Videographer, and Omni Awards), conducting over 1,700 live interviews. She is a federally appointed Director with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and a former appointee to the Office of Religious Freedom in Foreign Affairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristine has authored hundreds of blogs, articles and columns. Her writings have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal, USA Today, Jewish Press, \u003c\/em\u003e the Gatestone International Policy Council, \u003cem\u003eBreaking Israel News, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eMiddle East Quarterly, FrontPage Magazine, \u003c\/em\u003e the Hudson Institute, and \u003cem\u003eJihad Watch, \u003c\/em\u003e a project of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. As a former political and crime news reporter and radio newsroom editor, Christine has also worked as a national columnist and news analyst with \u003cem\u003eMetro News\u003c\/em\u003e (owned by the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e). She also served as a Senior Advisor to the Hudson Institute in New York.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42261734391943,"sku":"9781594039393","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/24a2333cb5f65bede2e5f4e917532e06.webp?v=1736928926","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-challenge-of-modernizing-islam-reformers-speak-out-and-the-obstacles-they-face-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}