Islam’s Predicament : Perspectives of a Dissident Muslim

ABOUT THE BOOK:- Islam’s Predicament brings together Dr Mansur’s most important essays written over the last decade previously published in various journals and media. Starting with “The War within Islam” he then goes on to “Three Muslim Perspectives” ‘Of Danish Cartoons Muslim Rage and the Bedouin State of Mind” “Muslim on Muslim Violence” “Keeping Faith in the Age of Islamist Terror” and much more. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Dr Salim Mansur a Muslim was born in Calcutta India and moved to Canada where he received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He is now an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario. He is a renowned voice in the debate of moderate vs. militant Islam the author of numerous articles published in the Jerusalem Quarterly American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences The Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Arab Studies Quarterly Middle East Quarterly a frequent contributor to the Globe & Mail The National Post Toronto Sun National Review online and others a frequent commentator and analyst on radio and television including the PBS Jim Lehrer Hour and in 2006 he received the American Jewish Congress’ Stephen S. Wise “Profile in Courage” award. CONTENTS:- Foreword by George Jonas ▪ 11 Preface ▪ 15 Part One (Longer Pieces) 1. The War within Islam ▪ 19 2. Enlightenment’s Dusk? The West’s Decline and Islam’s Stormy Rise ▪ 31 3. Muslims Democracy and the American Experience. 41 4. Three Muslim perspectives ▪ 53 5. Sadat’s Conversion and What the Qur’an Says About Jews in the Holy Land ▪ 63 6. Only Connect: Reconsidering Jewish-Muslim history. 79 7. Of Danish Cartoons Muslim Rage and the Bedouin State of Mind ▪ 93 8. Pakistan As It Turns Sixty ▪ 111 9. Muslim on Muslim Violence: What Drives It?. 119 10. A Sufi saint’s response to Khomeini ▪ 131 11. Keeping faith in the age of Islamist terror ▪ 143 Part Two (Shorter Pieces) 12. A Bedouin state of mind ▪ 155 13. Where Mao meets Muhammad ▪ 159 14. The Ways of G