Reading Their Book of Faith: North American Muslims and Their Interpretations of the Qur'an in the Post 9/11 Era |
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Authors: | By David D Grafton |
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Institution: | David D. Grafton is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Relations at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. His most recent publication is Piety, Politics, and Power: Lutherans Encountering Islam in the Middle East; (Wipf &Stock, 2009). |
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Abstract: | Abstract : This article seeks to provide an overarching view of the North American Muslim conversation about interpreting the Qur'an in a post 9/11 world. While most Western critiques of Islam focus on reading the texts of Islam, the author argues that one must also listen to the contemporary intra-Muslim conversation about their own text, in order to faithfully understand the Muslim perspective. In this conversation, the author provides evidence for a plurality of social-political views among Muslims and notes that the post 9/11 North American context is alive and well with such faith conversations. |
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Keywords: | jihad Hadith Shar'ia Islamic Law sunna Qur'an Kharajites |
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