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028			_a: Brijwasi Book Distributors _b: H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi _c: BW/00016 _d: 26/05/2024
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082			_a361.709 BEN
100			_aBenthall, Jonathan.
245			_aIslamic Charities and Islamic Humanism in Troubled Times _c/ Jonathan Benthall.
260			_a, Great Britain _b: Manchester University Press _c, 2016.
300			_ax, 215p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b1990
365			_b1990
520			_aThis book is the fruit of twenty years' reflection on Islamic charities, both practically and as a key to understand the crisis in contemporary Islam. On the one hand Islam is undervalued as a moral and political force whose admirable qualities are epitomised in its strong tradition of charitable giving. On the other hand, it suffers from a crisis of authority that cannot be blamed entirely on the history of colonialism and stigmatisation to which Muslims have undoubtedly been subjected - most recently, as a result of the "War on Terror". The book consists of seventeen previously published chapters, with a general introduction and new prefatory material for each chapter. Part one reviews the current situation of Islamic charities from many different viewpoints. Part two expands the coverage to explore the potential for a twenty-first century global "Islamic humanism" devised by Muslims. This means addressing contentious topics such as religious toleration
650			_aHumanitarianism
650			_aDebates
650			_aIslamic Humanism
700			_aJonathan Benthall
942			_cBOOK
999			_c61806 _d61806