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| Raquel Evita Saraswati - Project Ijtihad - www.irshadmanji.com |
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Raquel Evita Saraswati is Coordinator of Project Ijtihad -- the international charitable initiative founded by Irshad Manji (www.irshadmanji.com)
What's ijtihad?
Ijtihad (pronounced “ij-tee-had”) is Islam’s own tradition of independent thinking. In the early centuries of Islam, thanks to the spirit of ijtihad, 135 schools of thought thrived. Inspired by ijtihad, Muslims gave the world inventions from the astrolabe to the university. So much of what we consider "western" pop culture came from Muslims: the guitar, mocha coffee, even the ultra-Spanish expression "Ole!" (which has its root in the Arabic word for God, "Allah").
What's the mission of Project Ijtihad?
Project Ijtihad is a charitable initiative to promote the spirit of Ijtihad, Islam’s own tradition of critical thinking, debate and dissent. We support a positive vision of Islam that embraces diversity of choices, expression and spirituality. To achieve this, Project Ijtihad will help build the world’s most inclusive network of reform-minded Muslims and non-Muslim allies.
Reform-minded Muslims already exist in spades. Our goal is to bring them out of the shadows. They need to know that Islam gives them the permission to be thoughtful and faithful at the same time. Because they’re not alone, they can have such faith without fear.
To learn more, see: www.irshadmanji.com/project-ijtihad.
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- A Political Economy of the Middle East: Third Edition by Alan Richards, John Waterbury
- Alchemy of Race and Rights by Patricia J. Williams
- All Is Never Said: The Narrative of Odette Harper Hines by Judith Rollins, Odette Harper Hines
- An English interpretation of the Holy Quran by A. Yusuf Ali
- Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics [Updated Edition] by Cynthia Enloe
- Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in a Modern Muslim Society by Fatima Mernissi
- Breaking the Tongue: A Novel by Vyvyane Loh
- Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts by Michael Watkins, Susan Rosegrant
- Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel West
- Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger
- From Beirut to Jerusalem (Updated with a New Chapter) by Thomas L. Friedman
- Girls of Riyadh: A Novel by Rajaa Alsanea
- Government and Society in Malaysia (Asia East By South) by Harold Crouch
- If Each Comes Halfway: Meeting Tamang Women in Nepal by Kathryn S. March
- Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion by Joy James
- In Search of Islamic Feminism: One Woman's Global Journey by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
- Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari`a by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im
- Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror by Zachary Abuza
- Nationalisms and Sexualities by Andrew Parker, Mary Russo, Doris Sommer
- Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
- Political Islam and Violence in Indonesia by Zachary Abuza
- Race Matters by Cornel West
- Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001 by Benny Morris
- Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938; Fourth Edition (Pelican) by Stephen E. Ambrose
- State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror
- Strategic Asia 2002-03: Asian Aftershocks by Aaron L. Friedberg
- Sultana's Dream and Selections from The Secluded Ones (A Feminist Press Sourcebook) by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
- The New Interventionism, 1991-1994: United Nations Experience in Cambodia, Former Yugoslavia and Somalia (LSE Monographs in International Studies)
- The Road To Kosovo: A Balkan Diary by Greg Campbell
- The Structure of International Conflict by C.R. Mitchell
- The Theoretical Evolution of International Political Economy: A Reader
- The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
- The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith by Irshad Manji
- The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam by Fatima Mernissi, Fatema Mernissi, Mary Jo Lakeland
- When States Fail: Causes and Consequences
- Woman's Identity and the Qur'an: A New Reading by Nimat Hafez Barazangi
- Women & the Nation's Narrative: Gender & Natinalism in 20th Century Sri Lanka by Neloufer De Mel
- World on Fire : How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua
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