Misquoting Muhammad

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Misquoting Muhammad : The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy

A TIMELY AND MUCH NEEDED WORK ON THE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT FOR THE MODERN WORLD

Today, few things provoke controversy like the religion brought by the Prophet Muhammad. Modern media are replete over alarm over jihad, underage marriage and Shariah law. Sometimes rumor, sometimes based on fact, and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic law and dogma were not set in the religion's founding moments - they were developed, like in other world religions, over centuries by the clerical class of Muslim scholars.

By examining the history of Islamic civilization through the ages, Brown offers an inside view on how and why such controversies developed. From the protests of the Arab Spring to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and from the ochre red walls of Delhi's great mosques to the trade routes of the Indian Ocean world, Misquoting Muhammad outlines how Muslim intellectuals have sought to balance reason and revelation, weigh science and religion, and negotiate the eternal truths of scripture amid shifting values.

"Exhilarating... Brown is among the most talented and productive scholars in the field of Islamic Studies today." - LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

"With eloquence, clarity and great skill, Brown tells the story of the Islamic scholarly tradition and its rich history. Misquoting Muhammad is recommended reading for anyone interested in how Islam is defined and reinterpreted, challenged and appropriated." - FARID ESACK, PROFESSOR IN THE STUDY OF ISLAM, UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG

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