Islam: Between Message and History

Abdelmadjid Charfi; Translated by David Bond; Edited by Abdou Filali-Ansary and Sikeena Karmali Ahmad

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June, 2010
Cloth, 192 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-3967-0
Edinburgh University Press
$90.00

Abdelmadjid Charfi recovers what he believes to be the essential message of Islam and pairs it with a history of the Prophet Muhammad, a visionary seeking to change the ideals, attitudes, and behaviors of the society in which he lived. The message and its history are delineated as two separate things, conflated by tradition. Charfi's reflections cross those horizons where few Muslim scholars have dared until now to tread. He confronts with great lucidity those difficult questions with which Muslims are struggling, attempting to reconsider them from a moral and political perspective that remains independent of traditional frameworks.

Related Subjects

• Islam

Series

• In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers (Edinburgh University Press)

About the Author

Abdelmadjid Charfi is professor emeritus of Arabic civilization and Islamic thought at the University of Manouba.

David Bond studied Arabic at Wadham College.

Abdou Filali-Ansary is director of The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations.

Sikeena Karmali Ahmed is the manager of publications at The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilizations.

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