Islam And Modernity Annotated Bibliography - 1377 Words

ISLAM AND MODERNITY: COURSEWORK 1 The document is an extract taken from the book al-Mar’a al-Jadida (The New Woman, 1900) written by Qasim Amin (1863-1809), an Egyptian lawyer ‘renowned for his support of women s liberation in the Islamic world’. Amin’s strong will to stand up against public opinion in Egypt s contemporary society as well as his aristocratic background and attitude toward the masses and politics, led him to see reform from a special position. Although Amin despised politics in general, he makes mention of authoritarianism in the extract, which he believed was a root of Muslim decline in Egypt. The majority of the extract focuses instead on the reform of social and ethnic conditions. However In summation, he did not approve of the grasping and manipulative nature of colonialism yet chose not to focus his attention or his audience s on resisting it. He believed that government oppression was the root of all oppression in society, and he believed that ending oppression would spread a culture of ethics and rights. In this regard, Amin was very critical of the Muslim governments in general and of Mohamed Ali’s regime in particular. Rather, he believed in gradual change through spreading education and moral philosophy and that empowerment would arise only when ideas were ‘nurtured’, enabling a path to a reformed and advanced culture. So instead, he introduced social and cultural ideas that were taboos of his time and hoped that the succeeding generationsShow MoreRelatedA Critical Review of â€Å"the Ambiguities of Football, Politics, Culture, and Social Transformation in Latin America† by Tamir Bar-on.14147 Words   |  57 Pagesalienate La tin Americas popular sectors: The end of the Cold War and a triumphant global capitalism without a systemic communist challenge and balance; the New World Orders search for novel scapegoats to replace the communist threat (Saddam Hussein? Islam? China? Cuba? Colombian drugs?); the homogenized version of reality presented by corporate mass media giants like CNN and Telemundo throughout the Latin American continent; and the growing pauperization of the areas population as a result of so-called