'Confusing Islam with violence is now commonplace. No book to my knowledge has thus far tackled this problem head on. In fact, on the contrary, many students of Islam as well as media commentators have succumbed to treating Islam uncritically, i.e. as a 'label' ' for violence, practically and theoretically. Here lies the significance of A Divine Duty: it bucks this trend coherently, convincingly, and clearly. At a moment when many self-anointed experts are flooding the world's libraries with books that take Islam's link with violence as a given, A Divine Duty stands out as a strong critique of this discourse. Its arguments are serious and executed in a scholarly manner. It is a piece of work that must be read by all those interested in the relationship between Islam and violence...The author not only establishes a strong case for a diffuse Islam, but also contextualises violence in a way that shows what Muslims do in the name of Islam is not always "Islamic". Thus she challenges our surrender to stereotypes about Islam's relationship with violence as facts that require no defence or corroboration.' (Dr. Larbi Sadiki, University of Exeter) 'The questions raised in A Divine Duty - Is
- ISBN10 1850657408
- ISBN13 9781850657408
- Publish Date 1 April 2005
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 9 December 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English