Issues in Islam: Secularism and the Islamist Challenge
Noakes, Greg, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Issues in Islam: Secularism and the Islamist Challenge
Throughout the 20th century, Muslim societies have been torn between the impulse of secularism and the attraction of Islamic renewal. Both systems are seen by their proponents as the key to solving the Muslim world's social, political and economic problems. Secularism has yet to be accepted by most Muslims, however, while the Islamic revival has yet to live up to its heady promises.
Contemporary Islamic thinkers have seized upon the concept of ijtihad, or individual intellectual effort, in order to reinterpret their religious and cultural traditions, meet the challenges of modern life with solutions that draw upon …
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Publication information:
Article title: Issues in Islam: Secularism and the Islamist Challenge.
Contributors: Noakes, Greg - Author.
Magazine title: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
Volume: XII.
Issue: 3
Publication date: October 31, 1993.
Page number: 57.
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