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Title: No God but God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam by Geneive Abdo ISBN: 0-19-515793-1 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A book well-written
Comment: As an Egyptian who came to America I was amazed by an American who had such a clear view and analysis of what is going in Egypt, and I hope many American and non-Egyptians would read her book. She tried (with a great success) to let her readers be "Egyptians" in their view to what is happening in their country. Her best conclusion, and which she, intelligently, leaves to the reader to conclude, is that a grassroots solution is always much more effective (and democratic) than an imposed solution (where the solution here is having an Islamic society)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very impressive, but biased
Comment: Abdo's work is very impressive and timely. While Abdo has made clear a clear distinction between Orthodox and militant Islam, she seem to have been completely unreceptive to other genuine forms of Islam such as Sufism or moderate Islam. As such, she has adopted a narrow view of Islam, that of Orthodox Islam or Brotherhood's Islam and saw all others as either secularists or militant.
The Jest of Abdo's findings of the non violent nature of the vast majority of Fundamentalist or Orthodox Moslems was very well presented in her first chapter. Her analysis of the multitude of educated and affluent women willingly taking up the veil was enlightening.
Most fascinating was Abdo's contrast of the situation in Iran to that of Egypt, and how the non-political social Islamic movement in Egypt has produced a more religious society than the Political imposed from above Islam of Iran
Most disappointing is Abdo's failure to represent the alternate pious views of Islam in Egypt, views that accept the religion but see a separation between Government and religion. Such as separation, contrary to Abdo's reading of history is more than the norm of an Egypt that had separate roles for the Sultan, and the Caliph for centuries
Rating: 5
Summary: Great, But try SB 1 or God
Comment: Religion and people all over the world are the same, this book is no different in that it has a hidden undertone for a search for truth. Thats why I rate it 5 star. Any time we have authors like this we are receiveing a great contribution. The book does have a message, in general for help, enlightenment, and a cry for response. These are the undertones of this book not the outward message of Islam in Egypt or any place else. I highly recommend reading SB 1 or God By Karl Mark Maddox.
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Title: Jihad : The Trail of Political Islam by Gilles Kepel, Anthony F. Roberts ISBN: 0674010906 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: 31 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Reinventing Khomeini The Struggle for Reform in Iran by Daniel Brumberg ISBN: 0226077586 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East by Clement M. Henry, Robert Springborg ISBN: 0521626315 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 13 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Polyarchy: Participation & Opposition by Robert Alan Dahl ISBN: 0300015658 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1971 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics by Ann Elizabeth Mayer ISBN: 0813335043 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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