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''Islams and Modernities'' is a book by Aziz Al-Azmeh, a professor at
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. It was first released in 1993. The book explores the history of interaction between
Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
and
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, analyzing myths about those interactions created by Orientalist and Islamist viewpoints. A new version was released on August 7, 2009, also examining "the discourse surrounding Islamism and irrationalism after 9/11."


Reception

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'' wrote that "''Islams and Modernities'' raises urgent questions that are central to the concerns of the contemporary world.”''
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'' wrote that “Aziz Al-Azmeh is perhaps the most original thinker on these themes in Britain today."


Versions

*First edition: *Second edition: *2009 edition: (includes a preface and two additional chapters)


See also

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1996 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1996. Events *July 8 – Harper Lee's ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', Mark Twain's '' Huckleberry Finn'' and 30 other books are struck from an English reading list in ...
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Islamic literature Islamic literature is literature written by Muslim people, influenced by an Islamic culture, Islamic cultural perspective, or literature that portrays Islam. It can be written in any language and portray any country or region. It includes many lite ...


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Profile of the book at Penguin Random House
Modernity Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular Society, socio-Culture, cultural Norm (social), norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the ...
Liberal and progressive movements within Islam
Modernity Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular Society, socio-Culture, cultural Norm (social), norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the ...
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