{"product_id":"islam-without-extremes-mustafa-akyol-9780393347241","title":"Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty","description":"As the Arab Spring threatens to give way to authoritarianism in Egypt and reports from Afghanistan detail widespread violence against U.S. troops and women, news from the Muslim world raises the question: Is Islam incompatible with freedom? In Islam without Extremes, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol answers this question by revealing the little-understood roots of political Islam, which originally included both rationalist, flexible strains and more dogmatic, rigid ones. Though the rigid traditionalists won out, Akyol points to a flourishing of liberalism in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire and the unique \"Islamo-liberal synthesis\" in present-day Turkey. As he powerfully asserts, only by accepting a secular state can Islamic societies thrive. \u003cem\u003eIslam without Extremes\u003c\/em\u003e offers a desperately needed intellectual basis for the reconcilability of Islam and liberty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mustafa Akyol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393347249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393347241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014","brand":"Mustafa Akyol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994845282559,"sku":"9780393347241","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e9a09eb3-4809-4952-8691-c962fa6b476d.jpg?v=1683332512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/islam-without-extremes-mustafa-akyol-9780393347241","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}