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To Be a European Muslim addresses some of the fundamental issues born of the several million strong Muslim presence in Europe in our times. Based on a thorough study of Islamic sources, it seeks to answer basic questions about European Muslims' social, political, cultural, and legal integration.
Tariq Ramadan is recognized worldwide for his original scholarship. He is a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Oxford and was named by Time magazine as one of the one hundred innovators of the twenty-first century.
Price: $22.00
Pages: 289
Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
Imprint: The Islamic Foundation
Publication Date:
15 December 2015
Trim Size: 8.13 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9780860373001
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the Oxford University (Oriental Institute, St Antony’s College) and also teaches at the Oxford Faculty of Theology. He is Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, (Qatar) and the University of Malaysia Perlis; Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan) and Director of the Research Centre of Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) (Doha, Qatar).
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: AT THE HEART OF THE SOURCES – FAITH AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE
Introduction
I. Islamic Teaching and Sciences
A. The Essential Teachings
B. The Birth of Islamic Sciences
C. Comments (Typology and Classification),
II. Some General Rulings of Usul al-Fiqh
A. Who Decides?
B. Permissibility is the Base
C. Rulings Outlining Liability
D. Al-Maslaha (Considerations of Public Interest)
E. Ijtihad and Fatwa
F. Priorities and Steps
Part Two: SENSITIVE QUESTIONS – BELONGING, IDENTITY, CITIZENSHIP
Introduction
I. Where Are We?
A. Facts and Figures
B. Old Concepts
C. Fundamental Principles (and Conditions)
D. European Societies
E. Small Village, Open World
II. Who Are We?
A. Which Identity? Which Belonging?
B. Belonging to the Islamic Umma
C. To be a European Citizen
D. Between Assimilation and Alienation
E. Towards a European Islamic Culture
III. A Possible Coexistence
A. An Observation and Rifts
B. Four Priorities
C. Common Challenges
Conclusion
Appendix I: Introduction to “Islamic Tendencies” in Europe and the World
Appendix II: Immigration, Integration and Cooperation
Policies – Europe’s Muslims Find a Place for Themselves
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: AT THE HEART OF THE SOURCES – FAITH AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE
Introduction
I. Islamic Teaching and Sciences
A. The Essential Teachings
B. The Birth of Islamic Sciences
C. Comments (Typology and Classification),
II. Some General Rulings of Usul al-Fiqh
A. Who Decides?
B. Permissibility is the Base
C. Rulings Outlining Liability
D. Al-Maslaha (Considerations of Public Interest)
E. Ijtihad and Fatwa
F. Priorities and Steps
Part Two: SENSITIVE QUESTIONS – BELONGING, IDENTITY, CITIZENSHIP
Introduction
I. Where Are We?
A. Facts and Figures
B. Old Concepts
C. Fundamental Principles (and Conditions)
D. European Societies
E. Small Village, Open World
II. Who Are We?
A. Which Identity? Which Belonging?
B. Belonging to the Islamic Umma
C. To be a European Citizen
D. Between Assimilation and Alienation
E. Towards a European Islamic Culture
III. A Possible Coexistence
A. An Observation and Rifts
B. Four Priorities
C. Common Challenges
Conclusion
Appendix I: Introduction to “Islamic Tendencies” in Europe and the World
Appendix II: Immigration, Integration and Cooperation
Policies – Europe’s Muslims Find a Place for Themselves
Glossary
Index