{"product_id":"reopening-muslim-minds-a-return-to-reason-freedom-and-tolerance-9781250832511","title":"Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating journey into Islam's diverse history of ideas, making an argument for an \"Islamic Enlightenment\" today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReopening Muslim Minds\u003c\/i\u003e, Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, both diagnoses \"the crisis of Islam\" in the modern world, and offers a way forward. Diving deeply into Islamic theology, and also sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism that made them a great civilization in their earlier centuries. He especially demonstrates how values often associated with Western Enlightenment -- freedom, reason, tolerance, and an appreciation of science -- had Islamic counterparts, which sadly were cast aside in favor of more dogmatic views, often for political ends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elucidating complex ideas with engaging prose and storytelling, \u003ci\u003eReopening Muslim Minds\u003c\/i\u003e borrows lost visions from medieval Muslim thinkers such as Ibn Rushd (aka Averroes), to offer a new Muslim worldview on a range of sensitive issues: human rights, equality for women, freedom of religion, or freedom \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e religion. While frankly acknowledging the problems in the world of Islam today, Akyol offers a clear and hopeful vision for its future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMUSTAFA AKYOL has been a regular contributing opinion writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003esince 2013, covering matters of Islam in the modern world. His earlier books, \u003ci\u003eIslam without Extremes\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Islamic Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), were reviewed and praised by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Economist. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIslam without Extremes\u003c\/i\u003e was long-listed for the 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize literary prize, while being banned in Malaysia for challenging the \"religion police.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Essentials","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533726683410,"sku":"9781250832511","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf5b0ad8-6d81-4156-89c3-f222ea35025c.jpg?v=1731410162","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reopening-muslim-minds-a-return-to-reason-freedom-and-tolerance-9781250832511","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}