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

B. Tradition and Modernity

Islam in Liberalism by Joseph A. Massad
Pre-Reading Session: 14 July 2024, Sunday, 10:30am
Post-Reading Session: 1 September 2024, Sunday, 10:30am
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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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Pre-reading Session

The chair introduces the text, places the text within its field of study, introduces and explains key terms to look out for in the text, introduces the author, and provides guidance on reading the text. Participants will then proceed to read the book over the next 5 weeks or until the Post-reading Session.