Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History

<p><b>Acknowledgments </b><br/> <br/><b>Prologue</b><br/><b> </b><br/><b>Part One The Significance of History: Social Political Economic Military and Intellectual Considerations</b><br/><b> </b>Introduction<br/> Chapter One The Challenge of Ascendancy and Decline<br/> Chapter Two The Nationalist and Socialist Challenge<br/> Chapter Three The Zionist Challenge<br/> Chapter Four The Case of a Qur'anic Exegete<br/> Chapter Five The Case of the Feminist Movement<br/> Conclusion Towards an Islamic Response to the Challenge of History<br/> <br/> <br/><b>Part Two The Significance of History: The Perspective of Neo-Normative Arab Muslims</b><br/><b> </b>Introduction<br/> Chapter Six The Apologetic Response<br/> Chapter Seven The Traditional Response<br/> Chapter Eight The Intellectualist Response<br/> Chapter Nine The Qur'anic Foundation<br/> Chapter Ten The Use of Western Sources<br/> Conclusion Towards an Islamic Understanding of History<br/> <br/> <br/><b>Appendices</b><br/><b> </b>A. History Is Humanity's Way to God by Mahmud al-Sharqawi.<br/> B. The Philosophy of Islamic History by Anwar al-Jundi.<br/> C. History as the Interpretation of Events by Sayyid Qutb.<br/> D. Basic Principles of Islamic History by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Hajji.<br/> E. Islam Looks at History by Muhammad Kamal Ibrahim Ja'far.<br/> F. Factors That Influence History by Rashid al-Barrawi.<br/> G. The Qur'anic Interpretation of History by 'Imad al-Din Khalil.<br/> <br/> <br/><b>Notes</b><br/><b> </b><br/> <br/><b>Bibliography</b><br/><b> </b><br/> <br/><b>Index</b></p>