A text which argues that political Islam's desire to restore a culture distorted by colonization does not necessarily compromise its progress to more democracy and greater tolerance. Among the issues addressed are the relationship between Islam and modernity, Islamism and women, and violence.
FranCois Burgat is Researcher at the CNRS in Paris.
""Burgat makes a strong case that Islamism is neither inherently
anti-democratic nor irreversibly committed to violent confrontation
with the West.""-- Douglas Little, International Affairs
.".".issues addressed are the relationship between Islam and
modernity, Islamism and women and the question of violence.""--Fred
Rhodes, The Middle East Journal
""Extraordinarily salutary reading. . . it helps to show the
movement that is political Islamism as it really is - a challenge
to all our certainties, received ideas and 'universal' and
'absolute' truths."" -Mouna Naim, Le Monde ""Burgat brilliantly
rebuts the stereotype that modernity in the sense of democracy,
secularism, respect for human rights, access of women to public
arena, and the political integration of the individual are all what
Islamism sets out to resist."" -Amidu Olalekan Sanni, Journal of
Oriental and African Studies
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