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On the Muslim question / Anne Norton

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013

Online-Ressource (xi, 265 p)

Englisch

pt. I. Muslim questions -- pt. II. In the western street.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: On the Muslim Question

978-0-691-15704-7 (alk. paper)

978-0-691-15704-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

2013

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

978-1-4008-4635-1

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

BE 8660  | MS 6575      Ähnliche Literatur

BP173.25

305.6/97

LOC-SH: Islam -- Social aspects ; Islam -- Economic aspects ; Islam and politics ; Islamic sociology ; Islam -- Economic aspects ; Islam -- Social aspects

In the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe. For better or worse, ""the Muslim question"" has become the great question of our time. It is a question bound up with others--about freedom of speech, terror, violence, human rights, women's dress, and sexuality. Above all, it is tied to the possibility of democracy. In this fearless, original, and surprising book, Anne Norton demolishes the notion that there is a ""clash of civilizations"" between the Wes