The Arab Awakening

Tariq Ramadan is one of the most acclaimed figures in the analysis of Islam and its political dimensions today. In "The Arab Awakening" he explores the opportunities and challenges across North Africa and the Middle East, as they look to create new, more open societies. He asks: Can Muslim countries bring together Islam, pluralism and democracy without betraying their identity? Will the Arab world be able to reclaim its memory to reinvent education, women's rights, social justice, economic growth and the fight against corruption? Can this emancipation be envisioned with Islam, experienced not as a straitjacket, but as an ethical and cultural wealth? Arguing that the debate cannot be reduced to a confrontation between two approaches - the modern and secular versus the traditional and Islamic - Ramadan demonstrates that not only are both of these routes in crisis, but that the Arab world has an historic opportunity: to stop blaming the West, to jettison its victim status and to create a truly new dynamic. Tariq Ramadan offers up a challenge to the Middle East: What enduring legacy will you produce, from the historic moment of the Arab Spring?

ISBN 184614650X   Pages 288 ISBN13 9781846146503 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 523 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Published in London Imprint Allen Lane   Height (mm) 240 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 162 Publication date 05 Apr 2012   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY 297.272   Academic level Tertiary education, General, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC23

Tariq Ramadan is a Muslim Martin Luther Washington Post One of the most important innovators for the twenty-first century Time The work of Tariq Ramadan will take its place in the annals of Islamic thought Le Monde Diplomatique

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