Making Moderate Islam : Sufism, Service, and the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy

Rosemary R Corbett

ISBN 10: 1503600815 / ISBN 13: 9781503600812

Editore: Stanford University Press Nov 2016, 2016

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Neuware - Drawing on a decade of research into the community that proposed the so-called 'Ground Zero Mosque,' this book refutes the idea that current demands for Muslim moderation have primarily arisen in response to the events of 9/11, or to the violence often depicted in the media as unique to Muslims. Instead, it looks at a century of pressures on religious minorities to conform to dominant American frameworks for race, gender, and political economy. These include the encouraging of community groups to provide social services to the dispossessed in compensation for the government's lack of welfare provisions in an aggressively capitalist environment. Calls for Muslim moderation in particular are also colored by racist and orientalist stereotypes about the inherent pacifism of Sufis with respect to other groups. The first investigation of the assumptions behind moderate Islam in our country, Making Moderate Islam is also the first to look closely at the history, lives, and ambitions of the those involved in Manhattan's contested project for an Islamic community center.

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• Titolo: Making Moderate Islam : Sufism, Service, and the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy
• Editore: Stanford University Press Nov 2016
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1503600815
• ISBN 13: 9781503600812
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 226 L x 150 A x 18 P (millimetri) 226 millimetri di larghezza per 150 millimetri di altezza per 18 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 454 grammi

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Drawing on a decade of research into the community that proposed the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque," this book refutes the idea that current demands for Muslim moderation have primarily arisen in response to the events of 9/11, or to the violence often depicted in the media as unique to Muslims. Instead, it looks at a century of pressures on religious minorities to conform to dominant American frameworks for race, gender, and political economy. These include the encouraging of community groups to provide social services to the dispossessed in compensation for the government's lack of welfare provisions in an aggressively capitalist environment. Calls for Muslim moderation in particular are also colored by racist and orientalist stereotypes about the inherent pacifism of Sufis with respect to other groups. The first investigation of the assumptions behind moderate Islam in our country, Making Moderate Islam is also the first to look closely at the history, lives, and ambitions of the those involved in Manhattan's contested project for an Islamic community center.

Informazioni sull'autore

Rosemary R. Corbett is Visiting Professor at the Bard Prison Initiative.