Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Democratization and the Islamic State: Islam and the Secular State; State and Society in Traditional Islam Chapter 4 Visions of Reform: Competing Visions of Reform; Arab Nationalism: Forging a New Political Identity; Islamic Reform and Radicalism Chapter 5 Islam Law and Human Rights: Islamic Law (Shari'ha) and Society; Human Rights and Islamic Legal Reform; Human Rights and Cross-Cultural Dialogue Chapter 6 Islam in a Global Order: Islam and the West: Resurgence and Ambivalence Chapter 7 Appendix A: The Covenant of Medina; Appendix B: Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Appendix C: Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights Chapter 8 Notes Chapter 9 Glossary Chapter 10 Index Chapter 11 Bibliography

About the Author

Louay Safi is Director of Research for the International Institute of Islamic Thought, Editor of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, and author of The Challenge of Modernity: The Quest for Authenticity in the Arab World (University Press of America, 1994).

Reviews

.... it nevertheless is a valuable contribution to contemporary debates over Islamic reform in general and political Islam in particular. Safi's attempts to overcome the dichotomous and polarized notions of what an Islamic political program entails by concentrating on the rich experiences and intellectual traditions of Islamic reformism that are conducive to formulating and articulating a pluralistic and democratic politics is particularly useful to the reader.
*American Journal of Islamic Social Studies*

[T]his book provides a lucid and well-articulated case for situating perceived tensions between the Islamic world and the 'West' in perspective. In this respect, this commendable and sincere effort conveys an important point of view that deserves as much exposure as possible.
*American Journal of Islamic Social Studies*