Sadik J. al-azm. On Fundamentalisms. With a Foreword by Stefan Wild

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1 Sadik J. al-azm On Fundamentalisms With a Foreword by Stefan Wild

2 First published 2014 by Gerlach Press, Berlin Cover Design: Hamburg Typeset by spree-media.net, Berlin Printed and bound in Germany by Freiburger Graphische Betriebe Gerlach Press 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or reproduced, or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any other information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from British National Library. Bibliographic data available from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek ISBN: (3 vols set) ISBN: (this hardcover volume) ISBN: (ebook)

3 Contents Foreword 7 By Stefan Wild 1 Islam and the Science-Religion Debates in Modern Times 17 2 Islamic Fundamentalism Reconsidered: A Critical Outline of Problems, Ideas and Approaches 33 I Terminological Debates 33 II A Defense 39 III Some Historical Comparisons 48 IV Errors, Heresies, and Innovations 52 V Popular Sovereignty 72 VI Modernists and Latitudinarians 79 VII Religion and Science 88 VIII Protestants and Islamists 98 IX Inerrantists, Dominionists, and Theonomists The Struggle Over the Meaning of Islam Appendix: What is Islamism? A Short and Compact Answer Appendix: The Takfir Syllogism 177 Notes 179 Acknowledgements 188 Chronological Table 189

4 Sadik J. al-azm Islam Submission and Disobedience

5 First published 2014 by Gerlach Press, Berlin Cover Design: Hamburg Typeset by spree-media.net, Berlin Printed and bound in Germany by Freiburger Graphische Betriebe Gerlach Press 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or reproduced, or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any other information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from British National Library. Bibliographic data available from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek ISBN: (3 vols set) ISBN: (this hardcover volume) ISBN: (ebook)

6 Contents 1 The Importance of Being Earnest about Salman Rushdie 7 2 Satanic Verses Post Festum The Global, the Local, and the Literary 59 3 Is The Fatwa a Fatwa? Universalizing from Particulars The Tragedy of Satan (Iblis) 131 Notes 179 Acknowledgements 187 Chronological Table of Contents 189

7 Sadik J. al-azm Is Islam Secularizable? Challenging Political and Religious Taboos

8 First published 2014 by Gerlach Press, Berlin Cover Design: Hamburg Typeset by spree-media.net, Berlin Printed and bound in Germany by Freiburger Graphische Betriebe Gerlach Press 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or reproduced, or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any other information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from British National Library. Bibliographic data available from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek ISBN: (3 vols set) ISBN: (this hardcover volume) ISBN: (ebook)

9 Contents 1 Islam and Secular Humanism 7 2 Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse 27 3 Orientalism and Conspiracy 57 4 Time Out of Joint 87 5 Palestinian Zionism The Peace Process and the Gulf Crisis The View from Damascus. Syria and the Peace Process Replies to The View from Damascus Answer to Replies The View from Damascus Islam, Terrorism, and the West Today Ground Zero Revisited The Arab Spring: Why Exactly at this Time? Civil Society and the Arab Spring Trends in Arab Thought 217 Notes 235 Acknowledgements 242 Chronological Table of Contents 243