Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Islam’s distinctiveness, explained (Brookings)

Family members and relatives of Muslim Brotherhood members, on trial for an armed sit-in at Rabaa square, wave and cheer them on at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

With the demise of the Arab Spring and the rise of the Islamic State, millions of Americans have been grappling with questions about Islam and its role in politics and violent conflict. How much does religion really matter? There has been much discussion on Islam’s (in)compatibility with modernity, pluralism, and secularism, and whether Islam needs to undergo “enlightenment” and “reformation.”

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/06/01-islamic-exceptionalism-debates-dar

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