Threat from Islam? Fundamentalism & Human Rights

Fear of Islam is growing in the western world. What are the historical, political, sociocultural and religious perspectives underlying this sense of threat? In particular, the warning signs from Islamic fundamentalists and the failed integration policy of recent years are the subject of controversial discussion in the western world - especially in Germany. This book attempts to provide an answer by looking at developments in the Islamic world itself. This includes, on the one hand, Islamic fundamentalism and Al-Qaeda, but on the other hand also the importance of the Sharia. The theoretical foundations of important Islamic reformers are examined, as they are also expressed in the Muslim Brotherhood, the exclusion tendencies and absolute claims in the Koran as well as the position of women and the attitude towards other religions in Islam. The development can only be understood against the background of the Middle East conflict and the Afghan war, and it boils down to the question of the compatibility of Islam and human rights. The heated discussions make it essential to comprehensively explain important facts about the problematic phase of Islam and complex socio-political contexts. In order to deal with sensitive issues such as the compatibility of Islam with the Western understanding of human rights and gender equality in Islam objectively and adequately without polemics or simplifications, Klaus Behnam Shad chooses a culture-relativistic and differentiated Islam-critical one Approach.

Details

• Title: Threat from Islam?
• Subtitle: Fundamentalism & Human Rights
• Author: Klaus Behnam Shad
• Edition: 1st edition
• Published: 1st edition 09/22/2011
• Subject: Political Science
• Product Type: Book (Hardcover)
• Product type: Technical book
• Language: German
• Binding: Softcover (paperback)
• Dimensions: 21.0 x 14.8 cm (DIN A5)
• Scope: 133 pages
• Condition: New (shrink-wrapped in foil)
• Keywords: Afghan War, Al-Banna, Bin Laden, Peace, Fundamentalism, Gender Equality, Hadith, Hasan, Integration, Intifada, Islam, Jihad, Koran, Lebanon War, Human Rights, Muslim Brotherhood, Middle East Conflict, PLO, Salafism, Sayyid Qutb, Sharia , Six Day War, Suez War, Sunnah, Terrorist Attack, War of Independence, Wahhabism, Yom Kippur War

Author

Klaus Behnam Shad, doctoral student at the Freie Universität Berlin, studied musicology and cultural and social anthropology at the University of Cologne and is a state-trained mediator. His research interests include political anthropology, in particular the role of human rights in international politics, political philosophy, intercultural hermeneutics and medical anthropology. Regional focal points of his previous studies are Central and Southeast Asia.

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