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Shireen T Hunter-Can Islam and Modernity be Reconciled
Rumi ForumThis question has preoccupied both Muslims and non-Muslims for more than a century, and has elicited sharply contradictory responses.The editor and contributing authors to the " Reformist Voices of Islam : Mediating Islam and Modernity" argue that the two are not irreconcilable, and that a Reformist reading of Islamic sources provides the right medium to satisfy Muslim societies need to accomodate modernity while retaining their cultural identity and values.Read moreShow less
This question has preoccupied both Muslims and non-Muslims for more than a century, and has elicited sharply contradictory responses.The editor and contributing authors to the " Reformist Voices of Islam : Mediating Islam and Modernity" argue that the two are not irreconcilable, and that a Reformist reading of Islamic sources provides the right medium to satisfy Muslim societies need to accomodate modernity while retaining their cultural identity and values.
