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Modernity and the Muslim World: Author Addresses Conflicts Between Muslim Orthodoxy and Embracing Modernity.
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November 21, 2006
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BELLEVILLE, Mich., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Author Mohammad Akram Gill believes that too much emphasis on orthodoxy and literal interpretation of the Scriptures has isolated and impeded the modernization of the Muslim world. He analyzes this problem in his new compilation of essays, "Modernity and the Muslim World" (now available through AuthorHouse).
"Unconsciously, the Muslim world is not averse to enjoying the fruits of modernization in day-to-day life. To have a car, a color television, a refrigerator, a microwave oven and other similar appliances is the desire of almost every middle-class household," says Gill. "Curiously, at the conscious and intellectual level, ...
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