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Post-Reading: Islamic Civilisation Book Club - Book 2 (Tradition & Modernity)

Post-Reading: Islamic Civilisation Book Club - Book 2 (Tradition & Modernity)

B. Tradition and Modernity

Islam in Liberalism by Joseph A. Massad
Post-Reading Session: 1 September 2024, Sunday, 10:30am
Purchase book: Click here.

Guest scholar: Prof Walid Jumlatt

Post-Reading Discussion Themes for Islam in Liberalism:

  • Reform: Problems with the ‘Islam Needs a Reformation’ thesis
  • Western Hegemony: With ‘culture wars’ and the ‘Palestine issue’, is Western hegemony unravelling?
  • Feminism and Women’s Rights: Western champions rescuing ‘brown women’ and sites of contestation

About the Book Club

Wardah Books is hosting a regular book club called The Islamic Civilisation Book Club. The book club aims to promote systematic, serious reading about Islamic Civilisation; and to introduce the scope and depth of Islamic Civilisation.

The book club is chaired by Dr Md Mubarak Habib Md. For some subjects and texts, there will be guest chairs. For participants in the book club, the pace of reading is one book in about 5 weeks. The book club is open to everyone. The book club is not a class, it’s a purposeful conversation amongst readers who are all reading the same book. All books for the book club are available at Wardah Books.

Unless otherwise stated
All sessions are held in-person at Wardah Books
  • On scheduled Sundays at 10:30am (Singapore)
  • No registration required 
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    Post-reading Session

    The chair leads a discussion among participants.

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