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Islamic Morality: Teaching to Balance the Record.
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The authors proposes that the teaching of Islamic morality presents as an important if not urgent task for moral education and offers the opportunity to inform a student body about a vital historical development in the formation of moral thought and action; to challenge and offset a blind spot in Western thinking about Islam in general; and to challenge the ease with which radical Islamist views of Islam have captured the minds of Muslim and non-Muslim audiences alike.Abstract:
The article proposes that the teaching of Islamic morality presents as an important if not urgent task for moral education. It offers the opportunity to inform a student body about a vital historical development in the formation of moral thought and action; to challenge and offset a blind spot in Western thinking about Islam in general; to challenge the ease with which radical Islamist views of Islam have captured the minds of Muslim and non-Muslim audiences alike; and, because of the contentious nature of the topic, to provide the kind of robust debate that should accompany moral pedagogy in general. The article focusses on select aspects of historical Islamic morality as exemplars of the contribution to morality made by the religious tradition.read more
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Muslim Women in America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity Today
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Empowering Muslim children’s spirituality in Malay Archipelago: integration between National Philosophical Foundations and Tawakkul (trust in God)
Miftachul Huda,Noraisikin Sabani +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored and integrated the value of spirituality and religious practices through the understanding and application of the tawakkul (trust in God) concept, as perceived from an Islamic viewpoint.
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Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law
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Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
TL;DR: This book discusses the pre-Islamic Middle East, women and the Rise of Islam, and the struggle for the future in a post-Islamic world.
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Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate.
Lidwien Kapteijns,Leila Ahmed +1 more
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Qur'an and Woman: Rereading The Sacred Text From a Woman's Perspective. By Amina Wadud. New York: Oxford University Press1999. Pp. 118. $11.95. ISBN: 0-195-12836-2.
TL;DR: Wadud as discussed by the authors provides a first interpretive reading by a woman, a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran and brings it out of the shadows.
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Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam
TL;DR: The challenge of teaching and learning in the creation of Muslim women's studies is discussed in this paper, where a new and Hajar Paradigm for motherhood and family is proposed.