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Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt
Author(s): Mona Abaza (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: September 1, 2002
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 328 pages
- ISBN-10: 0700715053
- ISBN-13: 9780700715053
Book Description
This book is a comparative study of the sociological field in two different Muslim societies: Malaysia and Egypt. It analyses the process of the production of ‘knowledge’ through the example of the modern ‘Islamization of knowledge debate’ and local empirical variations.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This book strenght lies in the fact that IOK devotees will get an outsider perspective, which they need to weed out the defiencies in their attempts too Islamize knowledge..”
-“The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Amber Haque, Spring 2003
-“The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Amber Haque, Spring 2003
About the Author
Mona Abaza is Associate Professor at The American University in Cairo.
