{"product_id":"islam-in-liberalism-9780226206226","title":"Islam in Liberalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the popular imagination  Islam is often associated with words like oppression  totalitarianism  intolerance  cruelty  misogyny  and homophobia  while its presumed antonyms are Christianity  the West  liberalism  individualism  freedom  citizenship  and democracy. In the most alarmist views  the Wests most cherished valuesfreedom  equality  and toleranceare said to be endangered by Islam worldwide.  Joseph Massads Islam in Liberalism explores what Islam has become in todays world  with full attention to the multiplication of its meanings and interpretations. He seeks to understand how anxieties about tyranny  intolerance  misogyny  and homophobia  seen in the politics of the Middle East  are projected onto Islam itself. Massad shows that through this projection Europe emerges as democratic and tolerant  feminist  and pro-LGBT rightsor  in short  Islam-free. Massad documents the Christian and liberal idea that we should missionize democracy  womens rights  sexual rights  tolerance  equality  and even therapies to cure Muslims of their un-European  un-Christian  and illiberal ways. Along the way he sheds light on a variety of controversial topics  including the meanings of democracyand the ideological assumption that Islam is not compatible with it while Christianity iswomen in Islam  sexuality and sexual freedom  and the idea of Abrahamic religions valorizing an interfaith agenda. Islam in Liberalism is an unflinching critique of Western assumptions and of the liberalism that Europe and Euro-America blindly present as a type of salvation to an assumingly unenlightened Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652334772277,"sku":"ByrdShop_022620622X","price":101.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226206226.jpg?v=1781851198","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/islam-in-liberalism-9780226206226","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}