In just 4 days since its launch, our new book "The Sorrowful Muslim’s Guide" by Hussein Amin has sold out on the Edinburgh University Press webpage! And, only 3 copies left on Amazon. Reprints are on the way!
The book explores the interaction between pre-Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
Published as Dalīl al-Muslim al-ḥazīn ilā muqtada-l-sulūk fī’l-qarn al-ʿishrīn in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. Both the resurgence of Islamist politics and the political, social and intellectual upheaval which accompanied the Arab Spring challenge us to re-examine the interaction between the pre-modern Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in the Muslim World. This book does exactly that, raising questions regarding issues about which other Muslim intellectuals and thinkers have been silent. These include – among others – current religious practice vs. the Islamic ideal; the many additions to the original revelation; the veracity of the Prophet’s biography and his sayings; the development of Sufism; and historical and ideological influences on Islamic thought.
In just 4 days since its launch, our new book "The Sorrowful Muslim’s Guide" by Hussein Amin has sold out on the Edinburgh University Press webpage! And, only 3 copies left on Amazon. Reprints are on the way!
The book explores the interaction between pre-Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
Published as Dalīl al-Muslim al-ḥazīn ilā muqtada-l-sulūk fī’l-qarn al-ʿishrīn in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. Both the resurgence of Islamist politics and the political, social and intellectual upheaval which accompanied the Arab Spring challenge us to re-examine the interaction between the pre-modern Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in the Muslim World. This book does exactly that, raising questions regarding issues about which other Muslim intellectuals and thinkers have been silent. These include – among others – current religious practice vs. the Islamic ideal; the many additions to the original revelation; the veracity of the Prophet’s biography and his sayings; the development of Sufism; and historical and ideological influences on Islamic thought.