Progressive Muslims On Justice, Gender and Pluralism

includes index and biblioraphy

Part1-PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS AND CONTEMPORARY ISLAM 1.The ugly modern and the modern ugly: reclaiming the beautiful in Islam Khaled Abou El Fadl 2.In search of progressive Islam beyond 9/11 Farid Esack 3.Islam: a civilizational project in progress Ahmet Karamustafa 4.The debts and burdens of critical Islam Ebrahim Moosa 5.On being a scholar of Islam: risks and responsibilities Tazim R. Kassam Part II PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS AND GENDER JUSTICE 6.Transforming feminism: Islam, women and gender justice Sa`diyya Shaikh 7.Progressive Muslims and Islamic jurisprudence: the necessity for critical engagement with marriage and divorce law Kecia Ali 8.Sexuality, diversity and ethics in the agenda of progressive Muslims Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle 9.Are we up to the challenge? The need for a radical re-ordering of the Islamic discourse on women Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons Part III PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS AND PLURALISM 10.Muslims, pluralism, and interfaith dialogue Amir Hussain 11.American Muslim identity: race and ethnicity in progressive Islam Amina Wadud 12.Islamic democracy and pluralism Ahmad S. Moussalli 13.How to put the genie back in the bottle? "Identity" Islam and Muslim youth cultures in America Marcia Hermansen 14.What is the victory of Islam? Towards a different understanding of the Ummah and political success in the contemporary world Parish A. Noor