The Trouble With Islam Today

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Journalist, iconoclast and rebel Irshad Manji calls herself a Muslim Refusenik. 'That doesn't mean I refuse to be a Muslim,' she writes. 'It simply means I refuse to join an army of automatons in the name of Allah.' These automatons, Manji argues, include many so-called moderate Muslims in the West. In blunt, provocative and deeply personal terms, she unearths the troubling cornerstones of Islam as it's widely practised- tribal insularity, deep-seated anti-semitism and an uncritical acceptance of the Koran as the final, and therfore superior, manifesto of God. But THE TROUBLE WITH ISLAM TODAY goes deeper, offering a practical vision of an Islamic reformation that empowers women, promotes respect for religious minorities and fosters a competition of ideas. Her vision revives Islam's lost tradition of independent thought. In that spirit, Irshad Manji travels throughout the world with her challenge for both Muslims and non-Muslims- dare to ask questions - out loud. THE TROUBLE WITH ISLAM TODAY is a clarion call for a fatwa-free future.

Irshad Manji is a broadcaster, author, public speaker and media entrepreneur, born in East Africa and raised on the west coast of Canada. She produced and hosted the Gemini award-winning QueerTelevision and is currently the host of TVO's Big Ideas and president of VERB TV, a channel being developed to engage youth as global citizens. In concert with the publication of this book Manji is launching the website www.muslim- refusenik.com. http://www.muslim-refusenik.com